The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adjudicate \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.
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vb. (present participle of adjudicate English)
Usage examples of "adjudicating".
Nevada, in the absence of acquiring jurisdiction over the wife, was held incapable of adjudicating the rights of the wife in the prior New York judgment awarding her alimony.
Again and again, in adjudicating the rights and duties of States admitted after 1789, the Supreme Court has referred to the condition of equality as if it were an inherent attribute of the Federal Union.
Justice Holmes to express a technical legal doctrine or to convey a formula for adjudicating cases.
The Arkansas court order changing custody and the order adjudicating Echols a delinquent were entered three days later, on September 14.