A judgment or sentence.
The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
An authority who makes such an assertion.
A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.