About The Word Adjudicate

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Adjudicate

Adjudicate Meaning & Definition
Adjudicate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adjudicate?

[v] bring to an end; settle conclusively, as of a conflict; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
[v] put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Adjudicate: decide | judge | resolve | settle | try

Related Terms | Find terms related to Adjudicate: account | adjudge | allow | arbitrate | be judicious | consider | count | deem | esteem | exercise judgment | express an opinion | form an opinion | hold | judge | pine | presume | referee | regard | suppose | think of | unique

See Also | adjust | court-martial | decide | determine | end | judge | make up one's mind | terminate

Adjudicate In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
\Ad*ju"di*cate\, v. i. To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

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