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.
To provide an excuse for; to explain, with the aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgement.
To forgive; to pardon.
To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
Explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
A defense to a criminal or civil charge wherein the accused party admits to doing acts for which legal consequences would normally be appropriate, but asserts that special circumstances relieve that party of culpability for having done those acts.
An example of something that is substandard or of inferior quality.