† sententiatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To pronounce a judicial decision on, to adjudge or decide (a cause).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > order judicially
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1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 313 The fourth Councill of Carthage prohibiteth the bishop to heare and sententiate any mans cause without the presence of his Clergie.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 314 They very much doubted..if by any one part, or all of them together, it had been so judicially sententiated and awarded [Fr. si plus iuridiquement eust esté par eux sententié].
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