Source: Le Monde, Mardi 6 Mars 2007
The following quote was taken from the article entitled “M. Raffarin jugerait “regrettable” que le candidat du Front national ne puisse se présenter”
[ndlr Il] a jugé ce système “probablement caduc”.
Whilst the word “caduc” means:
deciduous (botany)
In this particular case, it actually means:
No longer valid, obsolete
Hence the translation:
He judged that this system probably obsolete now.
I actually prefer to make a more figurative translation:
He deemed that this system had seen its day.