adjudication
Noun
Meaning
The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
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You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it.
About a year after the Court's jurisdictional decision, the United States took the further, radical step of withdrawing its consent to the Court's compulsory jurisdiction, ending its previous 40 year legal commitment to binding international adjudication.
Approximately 25,000 ballots have been scanned and are awaiting adjudication.
Decline of Latin maxims, and adding flexibility to stare decisis Well into the 19th century, ancient maxims played a large role in common law adjudication.
After a brief spell in jail, he got bail and his cases entered the labyrinthine stage of adjudication.
Bethany M. Crist, 22, Esko, chemical test refusal, fined $2,000 and one year in local confinement, $1,000 and 362 days stayed on two years of probation with conditions; assault, fined $50, stay of adjudication for one year with conditions - concurrent.