ETYM Latin adjudicatio: cf. French adjudication.
The act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented.
The final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented

ETYM Cf. French discernement.
Perception of that which is obscure; SYN. perceptiveness.

ETYM Old Eng. jugement, French jugement, Late Lat. judicamentum, from Latin judicare.
1. An opinion formed by judging something; SYN. judgement, mind.
2. The act of judging or assessing; SYN. judgement, assessment.
3. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions; SYN. judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity.
4. The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions; SYN. judgement, judging.
5. The determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it; SYN. judgement, judicial decision.
6. The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; SYN. judgement, opinion. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. resoun, French raison, from Latin ratio (akin to Goth. rathjô number, account, garathjan to count, German rede speech, reden to speak), from reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think. Related to Arraign, Rate, Ratio, Ration.
1. A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion.
2. A rational motive for a belief or action; SYN. ground.
3. An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon.
4. The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; SYN. understanding, intellect. + prikaži više

A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
An official or authoritative decision, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a point of law)