Adjudication

Quick meaning: Adjudication is a noun meaning The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.

Meaning

The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.

More Meanings

1. A judgment or sentence.
2. (law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
3. (law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
4. (emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.

Example Sentences

16 June, 1784, Edmund Burke, speech on reform of representation in the House of Commons An adjudication in favour of natural rights.

The adjudication process differs depending on the state and county. In the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, for example, a panel comprised of a Republican, a Democrat and an independent look out for mistakes on ballots.

[Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.

In case two or more petitions for adjudication of bankruptcy shall be filed in different districts by different members of the same copartnership for an adjudication of the bankruptcy of said copartnership , the court in which the petition is first filed having jurisdiction[…]

Word Forms

• adjudications

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adjudicate, adjudicative, arbitral, arbitration, judgement, arbitrate.

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