condemnation
    n 1: an expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong
         or morally culpable; "his uncompromising condemnation of
         racism" [syn: disapprobation, condemnation] [ant:
         approbation]
    2: (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public
       use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an
       unsafe building)
    3: an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on
       someone or some group [syn: execration, condemnation,
       curse]
    4: the condition of being strongly disapproved of; "he deserved
       nothing but condemnation"
    5: (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
       and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as
       no surprise" [syn: conviction, judgment of conviction,
       condemnation, sentence] [ant: acquittal]

Condemnation \Con"dem*na"tion\, n. [L. condemnatio.]
   1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure;
      blame; disapprobation.
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            In every other sense of condemnation, as blame,
            censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like.
                                                  --Paley.
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   2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty,
      unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to
      punishment or forfeiture.
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            A legal and judicial condemnation.    --Paley.
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            Whose condemnation is pronounced.     --Shak.
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   3. The state of being condemned.
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            His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless
            hour of condemnation.                 --W. Irving.
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   4. The ground or reason of condemning.
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            This is the condemnation, that light is come into
            the world, and men loved darkness rather light,
            because their deeds were evil.        --John iii.
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CONDEMNATION, mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent 
jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the high seas, was 
liable to capture, and was properly and legally captured. 
     2. By the general practice of the law of nations, a sentence of 
condemnation is, at present, generally deemed necessary in order to divest 
the title of a vessel taken as a prize. Until this has been done the 
original owner may regain his property, although the ship may have been in 
possession of the enemy twenty-four hours, or carried infra praesidia. 1 
Rob. Rep. 134; 3 Rob. Rep. 97, n.; Carth. 423; Chit. Law of Nat. 99, 100; 10 
Mod. 79; Abb. on Sh. 14; Wesk. on Ins. h.t.; Marsh. on Ins. 402. A sentence 
of condemnation is generally binding everywhere. Marsh. on Ins. 402. 
     3. The term condemnation is also applied to the sentence which declares 
a ship to be unfit for service; this sentence and the grounds of it may, 
however, be re-examined and litigated by parties interested in disputing it. 
5 Esp. N. P. C. 65; Abb. on Shipp. 4. 

CONDEMNATION, civil law. A sentence of judgment which condemns some one to 
do, to give, or to pay something; or which declares that his claim or 
pretensions are unfounded. This word is also used by common lawyers, though 
it is more usual to say conviction, both in civil and criminal cases. It is 
a maxim that no man ought to be condemned unheard, and without the 
opportunity of being heard.