Adjudication Definition

əjo͝odikāzhən
noun
The act of adjudicating.
Webster's New World
A judge's decision.
Webster's New World
A decree in bankruptcy determining the status of the bankrupt.
Webster's New World

The process of hearing and resolving a dispute before a court or administrative agency. It implies a final judgment based on the evidence presented, as opposed to a proceeding where the merits of the case were not considered by the court or administrative agency. See also default judgment.

Webster's New World Law

The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.

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Other Word Forms of Adjudication

Noun

Singular:
adjudication
Plural:
adjudications

Origin of Adjudication

  • Latin adjudicatio

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Adjudication Sentence Examples

  • In the former act he embodied a provision regulating and giving authority to the peculiar customs, usages, and regulations voluntarily adopted by the miners in various districts of the state for the adjudication of disputed mining claims. This, as Judge Field truly says, "was the foundation of the jurisprudence respecting mines in the country," having greatly influenced legislation upon this subject in other states and in the Congress of the United States.

  • You can download a style letter applying for independent adjudication here.

  • The real beginning of English equity is to be found in the custom of handing over to that officer, for adjudication, the complaints which were addressed to the king, praying for remedies beyond the reach of the common law.

  • Let the parties finish arguing before commencing the adjudication.

  • The testing of various aspects of Adjudication in the Courts has been followed with great interest.

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