Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To judge wrongfully.
- To deprive by judicial sentence.
- Hence In law, to expel from a court for mal-practice or non-appearance.
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- verb transitive To
exclude ,oust , ordispossess by ajudgement ;prohibit (from). - verb transitive To
condemn judicially (to a penalty).
Etymologies
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From Middle English forjugen; in sense 1, from Old French fourjugier ("to judge illegally, dispossess"); in sense 2, from Middle English for- + jugen ("to judge"), equivalent to for- + judge. Compare fordeem.
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