adjudicatory

American  

[uh-joo-dik-uh-tawr-ee] / əˈdʒu dɪk əˌtɔr i /

adjective

1. relating to adjudication or having the power to adjudicate.

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Other Word Forms

• non-adjudicatory adjective
• post-adjudicatory adjective
• pre-adjudicatory adjective

Example Sentences

The Supreme Court called the case a matter of "institutional concern" and said fake AI-generated judgements had "a direct bearing on integrity of adjudicatory process".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

"You need an adjudicatory body with fact-finding and investigative authority to consider the facts to examine the record and to make determinations — that's how they did it in 1877," Cruz told Grossberg and Bartiromo.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

Rather, she held that Congress couldn’t give SEC discretion to choose one adjudicatory forum or another without an intelligible principle.

From Slate • May 20, 2022

“Yet the director wields vast rule making, enforcement and adjudicatory authority over a significant portion of the U.S. economy. The question before us is whether this arrangement violates the Constitution’s separation of powers.”

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2020

Over 4,000,000 cases were treated in the main and adjudicatory army hospitals.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt