Adjudication Meaning
/ə(d)ˌd͡ʒu.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
nounA judgment or sentence.
Sentence Examples
The adjudication process took months.
Adjudication is a legal process.
The dispute was resolved through the formal adjudication of the tribunal.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the case took several weeks due to the evidence.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The final ____ of the case took several months to reach.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin adiudicatio, adiudicationem. By surface analysis, adjudicate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"All too often nowadays, in the majority of cases, the commissioners have no familiarity at all with the case decided in their names, and do not even read the order they sign. Thus, the entire procedure of adjudication by the commission has become a farce and a travesty, which has outlived its usefulness."
— 1984 February 4, Franklin Kameny, quotee, “A Call For Reorganization”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 2:
"The adjudication process differs depending on the state and county. In the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, for example, a panel comprised of a Republican, a Democrat and an independent look out for mistakes on ballots."
— 2020 November 5, Devan Cole, “Here’s what to know about ballot adjudication”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
"[Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor."
— 2007 June 17, Houston Chronicle:
"In case two or more petitions for adjudication of bankruptcy shall be filed in different districts by different members of the same copartnership for an adjudication of the bankruptcy of said copartnership , the court in which the petition is first filed having jurisdiction[…]"
— 1869, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, A Treatise Upon the United States Courts, and Their Practice:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the case took several weeks due to the evidence.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The final ____ of the case took several months to reach.