Dictionary:
ad·ju·di·cate (ə-jū'dĭ-kāt') ![]() |
v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. v.tr.
- To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure.
- To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated our quarrel.
To act as a judge.
[Latin adiūdicāre, adiūdicāt-, to award to (judicially) : ad-, ad- + iūdicāre, to judge (from iūdex, judge; see judge).]
adjudication ad·ju'di·ca'tion n.adjudicative ad·ju'di·ca'tive adj.
adjudicator ad·ju'di·ca'tor n.




