To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (law) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
To support or encourage.
To judicially announce a verdict upon a finding of guilt; To sentence
To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See eminent domain.
To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption.
To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty.
To declare something to be unfit for use, or further use.
To adjudge (building or construction work) as of unsatisfactory quality, requiring the work to be redone.
To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate the perpetrators of.
To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited to the government, to be a prize, or to be unfit for service.
To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation.
To confer eternal divine punishment upon.