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adjudication

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ad·ju·di·ca·tion

   [uh-joo-di-key-shuhn]
noun
1.
an act of adjudicating.
2.
Law.
a.
the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree.
b.
a judicial decision or sentence.
c.
a court decree in bankruptcy.
Origin:
1685–95; < Late Latin adjūdicātiōn- (stem of adjūdicātiō). See adjudicate, -ion

Related forms
non·ad·ju·di·ca·tion, noun
re·ad·ju·di·ca·tion, noun
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Adjudication is always a great word to know.
So is affidavit. Does it mean:
a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official
a person who is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law
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  • One of our esteemed contemporaries has undertaken, by an ingenious device, to secure an adjudication of a doubtful question.
  • During one early-morning jaunt, he allegedly had a dispute with a sportswriter that is still awaiting legal adjudication.
  • First, the production and adjudication of poetry has become a profession rather than a calling.
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adjudicate (əˈdʒuːdɪˌkeɪt)
 
—vb (when intr, usually foll by upon)
1.  to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one
2.  (intr) to act as an adjudicator
3.  (tr) chess to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc
4.  (intr) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition
 
[C18: from Latin adjūdicāre to award something to someone, from ad- to + jūdicāre to act as a judge, from jūdex judge]
 
adjudi'cation
 
—n
 
adjudicative
 
—adj

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adjudication
1690s, from L. adjudicationem, noun of action from adjudicatus, pp. of adjudicare (see adjudge).
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