1700 Paper to W. Penn 12 He does decree also an addiudicating of them upon that Account to eternal Glory.

1826 Amer. Farmer 21 Apr. 36/3 The committee..called upon some of the most eminent importers and venders of Leghorn hats, to assist, with their judgment, in the adjudicating of premiums.

1836 Public Documents U.S. Senate (24th Congress, 1st Sess.) III. No. 265. 2 Boards have from time to time been created..for the adjudicating, settling, and locating numerous claims to lands by grants from that Government.

1901 Calcutta Rev. 113 375 The Nobel-Committees shall resort to the opinions of experts..for the purposes of the adjudicating of prizes.

1919 Cases Supreme Court Mississippi 119 725 There must have been an adjudicating of a litigated and controverted issue in the court where the cause originated before it can be heard on appeal.

1997 I. Bushnell Federal Court of Canada ii. v. 44 The relationship of the individual to the state, as illustrated by the adjudicating of disputes between them, is a fundamental issue.

1750 Sessions Cases King's Bench II. 70 Because the Parish was not named in the adjudicating part, they would not take it to be the same Parish that was named in the reciting part.

1856 Times 18 Mar. 11/1 The artist, in the absence of an adjudicating committee, has but two parties to think about—himself and the public.

1870 Albany Law Jrnl. 19 Mar. 247/1 The navigation acts of the country of the adjudicating court will be expounded in the most liberal manner for the government.

1946 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 40 565 A process of administrative justice, by which an adjudicating officer determines the facts and applies the law.

1980 P. S. Falla tr. C. Nicolet World of Citizen Republican Rome vi. 172 Although the fiscal administration was leased to publicani it remained under the triple control of the adjudicating magistrates (promagistri in the provinces), the Senate and the people.

2011 L. Yarwood State Accountability under Internat. Law ii. 44 There must be an adjudicating forum with the authority to determine that the breach was a crime under international law.