forjudge

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verb

To exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).

OriginMiddle English forjugen ← Old French fourjugier →
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Meanings

verbforjudge (third-person singular simple present forjudges, present participle forjudging, simple past and past participle forjudged)

present singular third person forjudges · participle present forjudging · participle past forjudged · past forjudged · alternative forjuge · alternative forejudge

  1. transitiveobsolete except as a legal termTo exclude, oust, or dispossess by a judgment; prohibit (from).

    And it is enacted by the ſtatute 5 Edw. III. c. 9 that no man ſhall be forejudged of life or limb, contrary to the great charter and the law of the land: and again, by ſtatute 28 Ed. III. c. 3, that no man ſhall be put to death, without being brought to anſwer by due proceſs of law.

    1765, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book the First, Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 129–130
  2. dialectaltransitiveTo condemn judicially (to a penalty).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
fordeem

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfor-
  2. Old Frenchfourjugier“to judge illegally, dispossess”
  3. Middle Englishforjugen
  4. Englishforjudge

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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Chicago

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