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ad·ju·di·cate

(ə-jo͞o′dĭ-kāt′)

v. ad·ju·di·cat·ed, ad·ju·di·cat·ing, ad·ju·di·cates

v.tr.

1. To make a decision (in a legal case or proceeding), as where a judge or arbitrator rules on some disputed issue or claim between the parties.

2. To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated the students' quarrel.

3. To act as a judge of (a contest or an aspect of a contest).

v.intr.

1. To make a decision in a legal case or proceeding: a judge adjudicating on land claims.

2. To study and settle a dispute or conflict.

3. To act as a judge of a contest.

[Latin adiūdicāre, adiūdicāt-, to award to (judicially) : ad-, ad- + iūdicāre, to judge (from iūdex, judge; see judge).]

ad·ju′di·ca′tion n.

ad·ju′di·ca′tive adj.

ad·ju′di·ca′tor n.

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adjudicate

(əˈdʒuːdɪˌkeɪt)

1. (Law) (when: intr, usually foll by upon) to give a decision (on), esp a formal or binding one

2. (intr) to act as an adjudicator

3. (Chess & Draughts) (tr) chess to determine the likely result of (a game) by counting relative value of pieces, positional strength, etc

4. (Law) (intr) to serve as a judge or arbiter, as in a competition

[C18: from Latin adjūdicāre to award something to someone, from ad- to + jūdicāre to act as a judge, from jūdex judge]

adˌjudiˈcation n

adjudicative adj

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ad•ju•di•cate

(əˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.t.

1. to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.

v.i.

2. to sit in judgment; act as judge (usu. fol. by upon).

[1690–1700; < Latin adjūdicātus, past participle of adjūdicāre. See ad-, judge]

ad•ju′di•ca`tive (-ˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv) ad•ju′di•ca•to`ry (-kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i) adj.

ad•ju′di•ca`tor, n.

adjudicate

Past participle: adjudicated
Gerund: adjudicating

Imperative
adjudicate
adjudicate

Present
I adjudicate
you adjudicate
he/she/it adjudicates
we adjudicate
you adjudicate
they adjudicate

Preterite
I adjudicated
you adjudicated
he/she/it adjudicated
we adjudicated
you adjudicated
they adjudicated

Present Continuous
I am adjudicating
you are adjudicating
he/she/it is adjudicating
we are adjudicating
you are adjudicating
they are adjudicating

Present Perfect
I have adjudicated
you have adjudicated
he/she/it has adjudicated
we have adjudicated
you have adjudicated
they have adjudicated

Past Continuous
I was adjudicating
you were adjudicating
he/she/it was adjudicating
we were adjudicating
you were adjudicating
they were adjudicating

Past Perfect
I had adjudicated
you had adjudicated
he/she/it had adjudicated
we had adjudicated
you had adjudicated
they had adjudicated

Future
I will adjudicate
you will adjudicate
he/she/it will adjudicate
we will adjudicate
you will adjudicate
they will adjudicate

Future Perfect
I will have adjudicated
you will have adjudicated
he/she/it will have adjudicated
we will have adjudicated
you will have adjudicated
they will have adjudicated

Future Continuous
I will be adjudicating
you will be adjudicating
he/she/it will be adjudicating
we will be adjudicating
you will be adjudicating
they will be adjudicating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been adjudicating
you have been adjudicating
he/she/it has been adjudicating
we have been adjudicating
you have been adjudicating
they have been adjudicating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been adjudicating
you will have been adjudicating
he/she/it will have been adjudicating
we will have been adjudicating
you will have been adjudicating
they will have been adjudicating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been adjudicating
you had been adjudicating
he/she/it had been adjudicating
we had been adjudicating
you had been adjudicating
they had been adjudicating

Conditional
I would adjudicate
you would adjudicate
he/she/it would adjudicate
we would adjudicate
you would adjudicate
they would adjudicate

Past Conditional
I would have adjudicated
you would have adjudicated
he/she/it would have adjudicated
we would have adjudicated
you would have adjudicated
they would have adjudicated

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Verb	1.	adjudicate - put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" try, judge decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations" court-martial - subject to trial by court-martial
	2.	adjudicate - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance" resolve, settle, decide terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" judge - determine the result of (a competition) adjust - decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

adjudicate

verb judge, decide, determine, settle, referee, umpire, mediate, adjudge, arbitrate a commissioner to adjudicate on legal rights

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adjudicate

verb

To make a decision about (a controversy or dispute, for example) after deliberation, as in a court of law:

adjudge, arbitrate, decide, decree, determine, judge, referee, rule, umpire.

Translations

posuzovat

afgøredømme

juger décider

zsûriben vesz részt

dæma

aggiudicare decidere decisione giudicare giudizio

būti teisėjuteisėjasteismo sprendimas

izšķirtizspriest

dømmepådømmebedømme

hakemlik yapmak

评判

adjudicate

[əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt]

A. VT [+ contest] → arbitrar, hacer de árbitro en; [+ claim] → decidir sobre

B. VI → arbitrar
to adjudicate on a matter → arbitrar en un asunto

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adjudicate

[əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt]

[+ contest] → juger

[+ claim] → statuer sur

vi → se prononcer
to adjudicate on sth → se prononcer sur qch

adjudicate

(= judge) claim → entscheiden; competition → Preisrichter(in) sein bei

(Jur: = declare) to adjudicate somebody bankrupt → jdn für bankrott erklären

vi → entscheiden, urteilen (on, in bei); (in dispute) → Schiedsrichter(in) sein (→ on bei, in +dat); (in competition, dog show etc) → als Preisrichter(in) fungieren

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adjudicate

[əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt] vt (contest) → giudicare; (claim) → decidere su

adjudicate

(əˈdʒuːdikeit) verb

to act as a judge (in an artistic competition etc).

aˌdjudiˈcation noun

aˈdjudicator noun

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He was the man with power to buy, to build, to choose, to endow, to sit on committees and adjudicate upon designs, to make his own terms for placing anything on a sound business footing.

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But now the laws to which himself appealed, These and none others shall adjudicate. Thou shalt not quit this land, till thou hast fetched The maidens and produced them in my sight.

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The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS) on Thursday trained 20 Chief Magistrate Court Judges designated to adjudicate on resolving tax-related disputes in the state.

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She was accompanied by her father that day and was delighted to accept the invitation to adjudicate this year.

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Claim tribunals would adjudicate compensation payable on injury or death to a passenger or his legal heir in a contract carriage or stage carriage.

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Additionally, to mitigate for how long it has taken to adjudicate claims, the Department will apply a credit to interest that accrues on loans starting one year after the borrower defense application is filed.

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Biber-Haikin claims that if the matter would reach court, she estimates that it would adjudicate 100,000 NIS in damages to the woman, this on the basis of similar cases adjudicated in the past.