adjudicator

1
as in referee
a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy since they seemed to be in a hopeless stalemate, both labor and management agreed to use an independent adjudicator to decide the terms of the contract

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2
as in judge
a public official having authority to decide questions of law the appellate court refused to hear the case, thus allowing the judgment of previous adjudicators to stand

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Noun
  • So does the Senate parliamentarian, a sort of referee over what Congress can and can't do according to its own rules.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 1 May 2025
  • The footage is then fed into software that has been trained to recognize specific objects, such as players, referees, balls, and lines on the playing surface.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Quick look at Wednesday's news: The Menendez brothers are eligible for parole, a judge ruled.
    Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • In some cases, opposing attorneys figure out what happened and notify the judge.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Anybody that claims this will be great for umpire mentality doesn’t understand umpire mentality.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • So of course, my least fondest memory was the call at first base (MLB umpire Don Denkinger made a controversial safe call in Game 6).
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Witness testimony in the second murder trial of Karen Read will not occur on May 13 as expected, a court spokesperson announced.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Baraka has denied the trespassing charge and is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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“Adjudicator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjudicator. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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