adjudicate
verb
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Adjudicate, which is usually used to mean "to make an official decision about who is right in a dispute," is one of several terms that give testimony to the influence of jus, the Latin word for "law," on our legal language. Others include judgment, judicial, prejudice, jury, justice, injury, and perjury. What's the verdict? Latin "law" words frequently preside in English-speaking courtrooms.
Examples of adjudicate in a Sentence
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
The cuts, which affected 82 of the federal office’s employees, also risk delaying critical new rules designed to speed the process of adjudicating disputes over surprise bills between health plans and medical providers.
—Noam N. Levey, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
California has not carried out an execution since 2006 but the death penalty remains on the books, and prosecutors continue to seek capital punishment in expensive trials that add millions to the cost of adjudicating murder cases.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 24 Feb. 2025
The document also reportedly says that all disputes would be resolved by courts in New York, as if a New York court could adjudicate something so open-ended.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Adjudicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjudicate. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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adjudicate
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adjudicate
verb
Latin adjudicare to award in judgment, from ad to, for + judicare to judge see judge
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