To settle In the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally. Synonymous with adjudge iu its strictest sense. United States v. Irwin, 127 U. S. 125, 8 Sup. CL 1033, 32 L. Ed. 99; Street v. Benner, 20 Fla. 700; Sans v. New York, 31 Mlsc. Rep. 559, 64 N. Y. Supp. 681
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
