adjudicate
verb (used with object)
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
was adjudicating
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past progressiveof adjudicate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Canada's top court was adjudicating on the case challenging a 2020 decision by a Quebec court to lower Alexandre Bissonnette's parole eligibility to 25 years from the original sentence of 40 years of ineligibility.
From Reuters ● May 27, 2022
At the opening of the trial, Judge Bernard Lemaire said that the court was not an arbiter of public morality and that it was adjudicating only whether laws had been broken.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2015
Judge Bernard Lemaire said at the opening of the trial that the court was not an arbiter of public morality but was adjudicating whether laws had been broken.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
Judge Bernard Lemaire said at the opening of the trial that the court was not an arbiter of public morality but, rather, was adjudicating whether laws had been broken.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
"If I was adjudicating I'd think a suspension would be in order as the ICC has to get tough about this sort of thing," he said.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2010
