adjudication
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The Tesla case also subtly revealed how certain corporate-governance ideas long debated in academic circles but rarely used in practice have begun to influence the Delaware courts’ adjudication.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
While tenants wait for this system to be put into place, they can use the government's rent adjudication system if they feel a proposed increase is unfair.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025
They'd spend a few weeks preparing an application, then wait 150 days followed by a 30-day adjudication period, leaving six months until they can receive work authorization.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025
The defining attribute of a dictatorship, as well as of kingship in its ancient and absolute form, is the assertion that law—its making, interpretation, adjudication, and enforcement—is an emanation of the will of one man.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025
So the dispute between Reinier de Graaf and Jan Swammerdam over the discovery of the egg within the ovary, which began in 1672, was referred to the Royal Society in London for adjudication.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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