adjudge
verb (used with object)
to declare or pronounce formally; decree.
had adjudged
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past perfectof adjudge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She was not the thief the court had adjudged her.
From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard
Afterwards two persons concerned in the affair at Ruthven, were charged to leave the realm upon pain of corporal punishment, because the council had adjudged that affair to be treason against the king and government.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
Three of these regicides, who had adjudged a king for his felony, came to New England.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
A remnant of the band remained after the court of chancery had adjudged a transfer of the estate back into the hands of the original owners.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
The charges against Elizabeth were, that she was the sister of a tyrant, and that she loved that royal family whom the nation had adjudged not fit to live.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
