adjudicate
verb (used with object)
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
had adjudicated
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past perfectof adjudicate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Just because an individual may be arrested from a situation of domestic violence, or that the court had adjudicated that case, it doesn’t mean that the healing process is over and done with.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
Earls’ opinion cited a 2016 law review article that said the state Supreme Court had adjudicated 81 claims of criminal defendants alleging racial discrimination against minority jurors since 1986.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
No federal agency had issued regulations relating to drone strikes, and no federal court had adjudicated their legality.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2016
