ad·ju·di·cate

(ə-jo͞o′dĭ-kāt′)

v. ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing, ad·ju·di·cates

v.tr.

1. To make a decision (in a legal case or proceeding), as where a judge or arbitrator rules on some disputed issue or claim between the parties.

2. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated the students' quarrel.

3. To act as a judge of (a contest or an aspect of a contest).

v.intr.

1. To make a decision in a legal case or proceeding: a judge adjudicating on land claims.

2. To study and settle a dispute or conflict.

3. To act as a judge of a contest.

[Latin adiūdicāre, adiūdicāt-, to award to (judicially) : ad-, ad- + iūdicāre, to judge (from iūdex, judge; see judge).]

ad·ju′di·ca′tion n.

ad·ju′di·ca′tive adj.

ad·ju′di·ca′tor n.

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ad•ju•di•ca•tion

(əˌdʒu dɪˈkeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. an act of adjudicating.

a. the act of a court in making a judgment or decree.

b. a judicial decision or sentence.

c. a court decree in bankruptcy.

[1685–95; < Late Latin]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

adjudication - the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented

judgment, assessment, judgement - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

adjudication

noun judgment, finding, ruling, decision, settlement, conclusion, verdict, determination, arbitration, pronouncement, adjudgment unbiased adjudication of unfair dismissals

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Translations

إصدار حكم قضائي

rozhodnutí

afgørelsedomsafsigelsekendelse

Urteil

décision jugement sentence

bírói ítéletjogi ítélkezés

dómur

decisione giudizio

dom dømming

hakemlik yapma

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adjudication

[əˌdʒuːdɪˈkeɪʃən]

A. N → adjudicación f
adjudication of bankruptcy (Jur) → adjudicación f de quiebra

B. CPD adjudication order N (Jur) → orden f de adjudicación

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adjudication

[əˌdʒuːdɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → jugement m
to be under adjudication → être en jugement

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adjudication

n → Entscheidung f, → Beurteilung f; (= result also) → Urteil nt; adjudication of bankruptcy → Bankrotterklärung f

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adjudication

[əˈdʒuːdɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n (of contest) → giudizio; (of claim) → decisione f

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adjudicate

(əˈdʒuːdikeit) verb

to act as a judge (in an artistic competition etc).

aˌdjudiˈcation noun

aˈdjudicator noun

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adjudication took place; such as frequently occurs in civilized life.

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This might as well happen in the case of two contradictory statutes; or it might as well happen in every adjudication upon any single statute.

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Because, under the national government, treaties and articles of treaties, as well as the laws of nations, will always be expounded in one sense and executed in the same manner, -- whereas, adjudications on the same points and questions, in thirteen States, or in three or four confederacies, will not always accord or be consistent; and that, as well from the variety of independent courts and judges appointed by different and independent governments, as from the different local laws and interests which may affect and influence them.

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All new laws, though penned with the greatest technical skill, and passed on the fullest and most mature deliberation, are considered as more or less obscure and equivocal, until their meaning be liquidated and ascertained by a series of particular discussions and adjudications. Besides the obscurity arising from the complexity of objects, and the imperfection of the human faculties, the medium through which the conceptions of men are conveyed to each other adds a fresh embarrassment.

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The government last week announced it is ready to issue 430 out of the 500 titles delayed due to a review of the survey and adjudication process.

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