adjudication

They function like mental health diversion courts, suspending adjudication of qualifying crimes while veterans receive treatment, often at the VA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

Congress can instead assign them to an agency for initial adjudication, subject to judicial review.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2025

Social Security Administration spokesman Barton Mackey said the agency is working on plans to “propose improvements to the disability adjudication process to ensure our disability program remains current and can be more efficiently administered.”

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 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

A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present for the commission to engage in rulemaking, issue final decisions in adjudications, initiate enforcement actions, and otherwise conduct business.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 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

Series producer Clare Parody frequently has to make instinctive adjudications when, as is often the case, a contestant gives an answer that seems a marginal call, but isn't.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

What their justice? the partial adjudications of venal magistrates.

From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 by Moore, Thomas