adjudicate
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Definition of adjudicate
: to make an official decision about who is right in (a dispute) : to settle judicially The school board will adjudicate claims made against teachers.
: to act as judge The court can adjudicate on this dispute.
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Synonyms for adjudicate
Synonyms
adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, judge, referee, rule (on), settle, umpire
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In 2017 consular officers adjudicated more than 13 million nonimmigrant visa applications. — Dave Seminara, WSJ, "Constitutional Ways to Curb ‘Birth Tourism’," 11 Nov. 2018 And that is a recipe for crisis: The system depends on everyone having faith in the Supreme Court adjudicating partisan disputes. — Kay Steiger, Vox, "8 takeaways from the knock-down, drag-out fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation," 6 Oct. 2018 Sais had been practicing law for 20 years and in 2015 began working on the side as a municipal judge, adjudicating minor infractions for about $135 a week. — Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ex-Tijuana judge says money woes led to cocaine smuggling," 3 July 2018 The bearded-seal case adjudicated the same issues, and the court is bound by that precedent, the appeals court said. — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Court approves threatened-species status for ringed seals in Alaska," 13 Feb. 2018 The new proposal will require that asylum cases are adjudicated within 14 days, new temporary shelters and an increase in the number of immigration judges. — Essence.com, "The Quick Read: Washington D.C. Residents File $1 Billion Lawsuit For Gentrification," 19 June 2018 More important, some of the cases adjudicated by the tribunals are also getting bogged down in bitter, protracted legal challenges. — Iain Marlow, Bloomberg.com, "India’s Push to Fast-Track Bankruptcies," 26 June 2018 Democrats generally prefer to release asylum seekers into the country while their claims are being adjudicated, as has been mostly the case in the Obama and Bush administrations. — Siobhan Hughes, WSJ, "GOP Leaders Bracing for Second Defeat on Immigration," 25 June 2018 As a result, border agents are separating children from parents and detaining them separately as the cases are adjudicated. — Jeff Manning, OregonLive.com, "Columbia Sportswear's Boyle blasts Trump immigration policies," 9 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adjudicate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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adjudicate
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Legal Definition of adjudicate
1 : to settle either finally or temporarily (the rights and duties of the parties to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding) on the merits of the issues raised
2 : to pass judgment on as a judge : settle judicially
3 : to pronounce judicially to be was adjudicated a bankrupt was adjudicated the child's father
4 : to convey by judicial sale
: to come to a judicial decision : act as judge the court adjudicated upon the case
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