adjudicatory
/ədʒuːdɪˈkeɪt(ə)ri/adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of adjudication; having the power or authority to adjudicate.
noun
A person or body of people that adjudicates; specifically (in later use, in certain denominations of the Christian church) a body with the authority to make official rulings on church matters.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Henry Consett (fl. 1685). From adjudicate + -ory.
- take that!
- take the air
- take the biscuit (or take the cake)
- take the bread out of (or from) people's mouths
- take the bull by the horns
- take the cake
- take the chair
- take the chequered flag
- take the chill off
- take the count
- take the easy way out
- take the edge off
- take the fall
- take the field
- take the floor
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
- take the King's (or Queen's) shilling
- take the King's shilling
- take the law into one's own hands
- take the liberty
- take the long view
- take the mound
- take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave
- take the part of
- take the piss (out of someone/thing)