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adjudication

[uh-joo-di-kay-shuhn] / əˌdʒu dɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Strictly speaking, Jackdaw and Rosebank aren't applications for new drilling licences, just the adjudication of existing ones.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Event organizers and the law school letter said her remarks focused on military adjudication procedures and made no reference to any particular client.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

They will report those to a student-run honor committee for adjudication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

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

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

Fifa said it "is not involved in host country immigration processes, including visa adjudications".

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

"USCIS's hold on adjudications cannot be attributed to anything that these individuals did wrong; rather, it arises solely by the happenstance of their birth," the judge said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Today’s FTC can bring civil enforcement suits against private parties, promulgate binding rules, issue final orders in administrative adjudications, and investigate potential violations of the law.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Of the 29 federally recognized tribes in our state, 23 have incarcerated members with one or more juvenile felony adjudications.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

Some companies use the word "suicide," while others insert the words "shall die by his own hand"; but the courts of law in various adjudications have considered the expressions as amounting to the same thing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 by Various


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