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to end a fight by making one side officially right and the other officially wrong.
means to make a formal judgment or decision about a dispute, usually with legal or official authority.
from from latin adjudicare, ad- (to) plus judicare (to judge) — literally to add judgment onto a matter, first used in english courtrooms in the 1700s.
not just judgesreferees, panels, and agencies adjudicate too
stronger than decideimplies formal authority, not just opinion
legal cousinadjudged and adjudicated share the same latin root
for instance
supreme court — adjudicates constitutional disputes, final say since 1789
olympic judges — adjudicate gymnastics scores to the tenth of a point
small claims court — adjudicates disputes under 10000 dollars without a jury