adjudicate
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈd͡ʒudɪˌkeɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
adjudicate (third-person singular simple present adjudicates, present participle adjudicating, simple past and past participle adjudicated)
- (transitive) to decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
- 2024 April 7, PTI, “Tribunals formed to adjudicate if sufficient grounds available to declare J-K groups as banned”, in deccanherald.com:
- The Union Home Ministry has constituted four tribunals […] to adjudicate whether or not there are sufficient grounds for declaring several Jammu and Kashmir-based groups as banned organisations […]
- (intransitive, often followed by on) to act as a judge.
- 2023 July 7, Anirban Bhaumik, “Court of Arbitration concludes it can adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to India’s hydel projects, New Delhi rejects ruling”, in deccanherald.com:
- A Court of Arbitration, constituted by the World Bank in The Hague, has brushed aside New Delhi’s objections and concluded that it has the competence to adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to the Kishenganga and Ralte hydroelectric projects of India.
- (Scots law, transitive, as of a debtor's estate) to seize or convey as security.
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Translations
to settle a legal case or other dispute
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References
- “adjudicate, v.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Verb
adjudicate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of adjudicar combined with te
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