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adjudication

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ad⋅ju⋅di⋅ca⋅tion

  [uh-joo-di-key-shuhn]
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–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; < LL adjūdicātiōn- (s. of adjūdicātiō). See adjudicate, -ion
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ad·ju·di·cate   (ə-jōō'dĭ-kāt')   
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 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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