adjudicated

[ uh-joo-di-key-tid ]

adjective

1. settled, determined, or decreed judicially:

   The adjudicated amount must be paid by the stipulated due date.

2. submitted to judicial process:

   Media coverage that might enhance the status of an adjudicated youth is discouraged.

   Most of the adjudicated lands showed no sign of anyone ever possessing or working them.

3. (of a contest) judged by one or more experts:

   The choral group attends a retreat in the fall and participates in an adjudicated music festival in the spring.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of adjudicate ( def ).

Other Words From

• mis·ad·ju·di·cat·ed adjective
• non·ad·ju·di·cat·ed adjective
• un·ad·ju·di·cat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adjudicated¹

adjudicate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Wisconsin election law experts said that the campaign will likely raise the issues during the recount, where they will be adjudicated on the scene by three-member boards of canvassers.

From Washington Post

We attempt to not adjudicate truth, we focus on potential for harm.

From MIT Technology Review

Section 301 of the city charter says a court must adjudicate the question of whether dereliction of duty has taken place.

From Voice of San Diego

It also allows election officials to digitally adjudicate any questionable voter marks without ever handling the physical ballots themselves.

From MIT Technology Review

The most imminent opportunity for Barrett to adjudicate a case related to LGBTQ rights is the issue of foster care.

From Washington Blade

The administration adjudicated the case in 2013 and ruled in favor of the young man.

From The Daily Beast

Clark, the first Jewish American League umpire, adjudicated baseball for three decades.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, opposing sides of the issue are still clinging to the same flawed arguments as they were when Crawford was adjudicated.

From The Daily Beast

Moral questions of responsibility, however, cannot be adjudicated by statistics.

From The Daily Beast

Current federal guidelines bar gun sales only to people who have been institutionalized or “adjudicated as a mental defective.”

From The Daily Beast

The case of Human Rights against Slavery has been adjudicated in the court of conscience times innumerable.

From Project Gutenberg

A dozen or more cases were heard and adjudicated, after which the case of Mr. E. was called.

From Project Gutenberg

It was also easy to see that it was to be no forty-eight year campaign before the question must be adjudicated.

From Project Gutenberg

He adjudicated in petty sessions as a magistrate, and dealt in a summary manner with capital offences, which were very numerous.

From Project Gutenberg

Long-existing feuds had been set at rest, and claims the subject of prolonged fighting peaceably adjudicated.

From Project Gutenberg