0 present participle of adjudge
1 to announce a decision or consider something, especially officially:
[ + to infinitive ] Half an hour into the game Paterson was adjudged to have fouled Jackson and was sent off.
[ + noun/adj ] He was adjudged bankrupt by the court.
Fairbanks was adjudged the winner.
If this is a fact, does it not affect the faith which we can have in their integrity and impartiality in adjudging other issues?
The league commission rejected all three protests adjudging that the referees' decisions were correct.