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v. ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing, ad·ju·di·cates
v.tr.
1. To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure.
2. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated our quarrel.
v.intr.
To act as a judge.
[Latin adi
dicre, adidict-, to award to (judicially) : ad-, ad- + idicre, to judge (from idex, judge; see judge).]
ad·judi·cation n.
ad·judi·cative adj.
ad·judi·cator n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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”
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