adjudicate

They should carefully safeguard their legitimacy so they may adjudicate authoritatively when true collisions between the branches arise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Critics argued that it flew in the face of innocent-before-proven-guilty parameters and that the job of police was to investigate, not adjudicate.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“How would it work? How would you adjudicate these cases?”

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

If the lien was entered incorrectly, you can file a motion to strike or adjudicate the lien in court.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

This enterprise required that certain social and technical preconditions be met: the existence of reliable methods of communication, a common body of expert knowledge and an acknowledged group of experts able to adjudicate disputes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In 1998, the newly-established Parades Commission, which adjudicates on marching disputes, ruled that the Orange Order should not march down the road - a decision that was upheld for the past 28 years.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

She appealed the decision with the Faculty Hearing Committee, an independent board that investigates and adjudicates disputes involving faculty members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Meanwhile, the case was about to reach a United Nations agency that adjudicates copyright disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Tax Court routinely adjudicates highly technical disputes between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, clarifying ambiguities in law and practice through published opinions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

The Commission sits as a court and adjudicates complaints arising between railroads or between citizens and railroads, involving principles covered by the act.

From Government and Administration of the United States by Westel W. Willoughby

What happened next is already being fought over on the internet and soon will be adjudicated in court.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

One flagged doubtful citations, the other assesses each flag, and I adjudicated every call against my archived sources, across 566 end notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Notably, it has not been adjudicated whether or not the FCC has crossed the line into jawboning.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

Two lower courts ruled that she could keep her job as her case is adjudicated.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Joe had been brought to court and adjudicated on a single occasion, when he was twelve years old.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

"But as the chief justice has said, all members of the court can do their jobs as they believe legally right, adjudicating cases without fear or favor."

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

A federal court in Texas may not stop a federal court in Rhode Island from adjudicating a case by issuing a glorified restraining order against the parties.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

The days when dictators could live in gilded exile with fortunes in secret Swiss bank accounts are mostly over, primarily because of global mechanisms for adjudicating human-rights abuses and tracking ill-gotten gains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025

According to his attorney, Michael Goldstein, a court adjudicating the gun case granted Chávez a “mental health diversion,” which, in some cases, can lead to dismissal of criminal charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025

But the septa could not have known that today's court would be anything but the usual tedious business of hearing petitions, settling disputes between rival holdfasts, and adjudicating the placement of boundary stones.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin