Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Adjudication \Ad*ju`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F.
   adjudication.]
   1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and
      determining judicially.

   2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a
      judicial decision or sentence. ``An adjudication in favor
      of natural rights.'' --Burke.

   3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question
      whether the debtor is a bankrupt. --Abbott.

   4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security
      or in satisfaction of a debt.

Source : WordNet®

adjudication
     n : the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of
         pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented