abjudication
/əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
abjudication means rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
abjudication is pronounced /əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
Why “abjudication” is a great word
ABJUDICATION — [Noun] The formal judicial rejection of a claim or the official confiscation of property by sentence of a court. From Latin abiūdicātiō ("a taking away by judicial sentence"), from ab- ("away") + iūdicātiō ("judgment"). First attested in English in 1623. Unlike "adjudication" (which denotes the broad process of judgment) or "forfeiture" (which indicates a penalty that may be automatic), abjudication is the court's specific, declaratory act of severance. It is the gavel's finality denying an inheritance, the cold ink of a decree transferring a deed, and the silent vacuum where a right once resided—the law's meticulous machinery for subtraction.
Etymology
From abjudicate + -ion or from Latin abiūdicātiō. First attested in 1623.
noun
- Rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.“However, an appeal lay from the Council against any sentence, abjudication or removal, to the Court of Directors, within one calendar month from date of such sentence or abjudication, upon the aggrieved party giving security sufficient to cover the cost of the appeal.”