Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Concerned with or relating to the process of adjudication: Pertaining to the formal judgment or decision-making in a legal dispute or other official matter.
   • Having the function of making an authoritative decision: Describing an entity, role, or process that is responsible for settling a matter through an official ruling.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The judge's role is strictly adjudicative; she must remain impartial while weighing the evidence.
  • This tribunal has both investigative and adjudicative powers.
  • The committee moved from a deliberative phase to an adjudicative one to resolve the conflict.

Advanced Usage

• "adjudicative body": An official group or institution with the authority to make binding judgments.
  • The dispute was referred to an independent adjudicative body for a final decision.
• "adjudicative function": The specific duty or role of making a formal judgment.
  • In this model, the regulatory agency's adjudicative function is separate from its enforcement duties.

Variants and Related Words

• Adjudicate (verb): To make a formal judgment or decision about a problem or disputed matter.
  • The court will adjudicate the case next month.
• Adjudication (noun): The process of making an official judgment or decision.
  • The adjudication of the claim took several months.
• Adjudicator (noun): A person who adjudicates; a judge.
  • The adjudicator listened carefully to both sides.

Synonyms

• Judicial: Relating to the administration of justice or courts of law.
• Decisional: Relating to or involving the act of making decisions.

Related Phrases

• Adjudicative proceeding: A formal hearing or process held to resolve a dispute and reach a judgment.
  • The license revocation will be determined through an adjudicative proceeding.
• Adjudicative fact: A fact that is specific to the parties in a legal proceeding and must be proven for the adjudicator to resolve their dispute.
  • The witness testimony was crucial for establishing the adjudicative facts of the case.

Adjective

1. concerned with adjudicating