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Term: ABJUDGE
Definition: Abjudge is an old-fashioned word that means to take away or remove something by a decision made by a judge. It's like when a judge says that one person gets something and the other person doesn't. The thing that the other person doesn't get is abjudged, which means they can't have it anymore.
abjudge (ab-jəj), vb. Archaic. To take away or remove (something) by judicial decision. It means to decide that something belongs to one person and not to another.
For example, after a trial, a judge might abjudge a piece of land to one person and take it away from another person.
This word is not commonly used today.