Adjudicate

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  • intransitive verb. 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.
  • intransitive verb. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict).
  • intransitive verb. To act as a judge of (a contest or an aspect of a contest).
  • intransitive verb. To make a decision in a legal case or proceeding.
  • intransitive verb. To study and settle a dispute or conflict.
  • intransitive verb. To act as a judge of a contest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To adjudge; pronounce judgment upon; award judicially.
  • To sit in judgment; give a judicial decision: with upon: as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To come to a judicial decision.
  • transitive verb. To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To settle a legal case or other dispute.
  • verb. To act as a judge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • verb. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  • Word Usage
    "Miliband says he won't "adjudicate" on every strike."
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