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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of adjudicate.

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Examples

  • Brammertz said prosecutors will attempt to use as much written evidence as possible at trial to reduce time-consuming direct witness testimony and would attempt to rely on so-called "adjudicated facts" - allegations already proven and accepted as facts in other trials at the tribunal.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • "adjudicated" - i.e., found by a court to have committed an offense-for at least ninety days, which is more restrictive than it may sound.

    The New York Review of Books 2010

  • So in this instance, the word "adjudicated" is more than a stretch.

    Making History? Steven Barnes 2008

  • Of course, the chances of his being found guilty ( "adjudicated," in family court parlance) on all 41 charges are as likely as a mule's winning at Pimlico.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Colbert I. King 2010

  • "Since the parties do not dispute that the Ohio courts 'adjudicated' this claim, i.e., they considered it and rejected it 'on the merits,' the law permits federal court to reach a contrary decision only if the state-court decision 'was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law,'" Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote in the majority opinion.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • "Since the parties do not dispute that the Ohio courts 'adjudicated' this claim, i.e., they considered it and rejected it 'on the merits,' the law permits federal court to reach a contrary decision only if the state-court decision 'was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law,'" Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote in the majority opinion.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2010

  • Most of the properties to which fines are attached already are adjudicated, meaning the city has seized them as collateral on their owners 'debt.

    unknown title 2009

  • The teen was committed to DYRS last year, the source said, after being "adjudicated," or found guilty, in Family Court of an armed robbery.

    Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post 2009

  • The unemployment office said it won't comment on individual cases and declined to waive confidentiality at the request of claimants because it said it doesn't want to set a precedent for cases being "adjudicated" in the media.

    RGJ.com - Latest News By Frank X. Mullen Jr. fmullen@rgj.com 2009

  • Most of the properties to which fines are attached already are adjudicated, meaning the city has seized them as collateral on their owners 'debt.

    unknown title 2009

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