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- verb Present participle of
adjudicate .
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Examples
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The questions about Geithner’s role in adjudicating the subsequent bailouts aren’t going away, and neither is the angry public sense that the fix is still in.
Sunday Reading 2009
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But if you change the constitution, what role does the court have now in terms adjudicating whether or not that's constitutional?
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A report commissioned by the EPA and issued in March criticized the agency's Office of Civil Rights for "not adequately adjudicating Title VI complaints" and for lacking "the rudiments of organizational infrastructure," such as established procedures, qualified staff or the ability to track cases.
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For decades, the judges on television courtroom dramas and police procedurals were adjudicating enigmas.
Judges With Temperaments Joanne Kaufman 2011
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A report commissioned by the EPA and issued in March criticized the agency's Office of Civil Rights for "not adequately adjudicating Title VI complaints" and for lacking "the rudiments of organizational infrastructure," such as established procedures, qualified staff or the ability to track cases.
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For criminal justice, this implies a system capable of investigating and adjudicating criminal offences impartially and effectively, while ensuring that the rights of suspects and victims are protected.
Access To Justice In U.S. At Third-World Levels, Says Survey The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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For example, after Ohio amended its constitution to ban same-sex marriages, courts in that state spent nearly three years adjudicating claims about whether domestic violence protections applied to non-married relationships.
Jonathan Weiler: On North Carolina's Especially Disturbing "Defense of Marriage" Amendment Jonathan Weiler 2012
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That places the courts squarely in the business of adjudicating the validity of a church's claims about its own religious practice.
Washington Wants a Say Over Your Minister Michael W. McConnell 2011
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In adjudicating matters of sexual assault in the manner described in the article, the schools are engaging in an educational process no less vital to the future of their charges than academic disciplines.
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If the judge worked 5 days a week for 52 weeks, he or she would be responsible for adjudicating 10 cases a day.
Bennett L. Gershman: How Immigration Courts Contaminate American Justice Bennett L. Gershman 2012
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