Associations to the word «Adjudicate»

Wiktionary

ADJUDICATE, verb. To settle a legal case or other dispute.
ADJUDICATE, verb. To act as a judge.

Dictionary definition

ADJUDICATE, verb. Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials".
ADJUDICATE, verb. Bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance".

Wise words

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