adjudicate
[uh-joo-di-keyt]
- to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.
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- to sit in judgment (usually followed by upon).
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Origin of adjudicate
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Contemporary Examples
The ICJ adjudicates on disputes between states and its rulings are binding.
Historical Examples
Not in the judicial branch of Government, for it only adjudicates and does not prescribe laws.
adjudicate
- (when intr, usually foll by upon) to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one
- (intr) to act as an adjudicator
- (tr) chess to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc
- (intr) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin adjūdicāre to award something to someone, from ad- to + jūdicāre to act as a judge, from jūdex judge
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Word Origin and History for adjudicates
adjudicate
v.
1700, from Latin adjudicatus, past participle of adjudicare (see adjudge). Related: Adjudicated; adjudicating.
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