1. In civil law, to adjudge or to condemn; to assign, to allot, or to deliver; to sell.

In Roman law, addico was one of the three words used to express the extent of civil jurisdiction of the praetors (ancient Roman magistrates acting as the chief law officers of the state).

2. To determine by a judge; to pass on and to decide judicially.

A person who is adjudged guilty is someone who has been convicted in court.