adjudication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the formal process of settling a dispute or deciding a legal case

   The contract sends unresolved disputes to independent adjudication.

2. 2
   noun

   a judgment or decision reached by an authority

   The court's adjudication distinguished the lawful claim from the unlawful one.

From Latin adiudicatio, from adiudicare, "to award judicially," formed from ad- ("to") + iudicare ("to judge"). English also analyzes it as adjudicate + -ion.

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