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adjudicate, v.|əˈdʒ(j)uːdɪkeɪt|
[f. L. adjūdicāt- ppl. stem of adjūdicā-re, 1. to award, 2. to give sentence; f. ad to + jūdicā-re to judge.]
†1. trans. To adjudge; to award; ‘to give something controverted to one of the litigants, by a sentence or decision.’ J. Obs.
1700[See adjudicating 1.] 1731In Bailey vol. II, whence in Johnson.
2. trans. To try and determine judicially; to pronounce by sentence of court.
1775Ash, Adjudicate, v. tr. To determine any claim in Law. 1859J. Lang. Wander. India 53 He had been called upon to adjudicate the affair in a court of justice. 1864C. Clerk in Morn. Star 2 Feb., Instead of nations adjudicating their prizes in their own courts, they should be allowed to carry them for adjudication into the courts of neutrals. 1870Echo 10 Nov., [He] was adjudicated a bankrupt yesterday by Mr. Spring Rice.
3. intr. To sit in judgment and pronounce sentence; to act as a judge, or court of judgment.
1840Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life II. Let. 165 Each of the Courts..must have an equal right..to adjudicate upon it. 1848Bright Sp. (1876) 161, I would establish..a special court in Ireland to adjudicate on all questions connected with the titles and transfers of landed property. 1857M. Hopkins Handbk. Average 393 It is said that he ought not to adjudicate as to his own fees. |