Adjudication
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ADJUDICATION (Lat. adjudicatio; adjudicare, to award), generally; a trying or determining of a case by the exercise of judicial power; a judgment.
Adjudication 1) In a judicial proceeding, the act of resolving a dispute or deciding a case. 2) A judicial ruling or decision.
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Adjudication
n. literal meaning is giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause. In legal terms it means certain proceedings, by ways of action, against debtors, before the court.
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Adjudication: A judgment or decree.
Adversary system: Basic U.S. trial system in which each of the opposing parties has opportunity to state his viewpoints before the court.
Adjudication
Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations ...
ADJUDICATION - Generally, this term refers to a final judicial (by a court) determination of a decision in a pending case. In juvenile delinquency cases, it is the equivalent of a ‘conviction.
Adjudication - Final finding on a case. Giving a judgment or decree, also the name of the judgment given.
adjudicationGiving or pronouncing a judgment or decree, or rendering a decision.
affirmative defenseA defense which does not necessarily refute an allegation but offers new matter which may defeat the right to recovery.
Adjudication
The final order, pronouncement or judgment of a court or other tribunal.
Adjuster
An employee or agent of an insurance company who handles a casualty claim.
Adjudication: A decision or sentence imposed by a judge.
Adjudicatory Hearing: Juvenile court proceeding to determine whether the allegations made in a petition are true and whether the child/youth should be subject to orders of the ...
adjudication - Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree, or the rendering of a decision on a matter before a court.
admissible evidence - Evidence which can legally and properly be used in court.
Adjudication
Judgment rendered by the court after a determination of the issues.
Administrator
1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
adjudication: The judge's decision in a case or action.
ad litem: "For this lawsuit." Comes from Latin.
administrative procedure: The way an executive government agency makes and enforces support orders without going to court.
adjudication The giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree; the final decision by the court.
adjudicatory hearing A juvenile court hearing to determine whether the juvenile committed the offense charged; analogous to a trial for an adult.
ADJUDICATION: Normally the pronouncement of the judgment or decree in a court case. A judgment or a decision. In bankruptcy proceedings, it refers to the court order declaring that the debtor is bankrupt.
ADJUDICATION - The final judicial determination of a case by a finding of guilt or innocence by a trial court in a criminal case or the giving of a judgment or a decree in a civil case.
adjudication
n. the act of giving a judicial ruling such as a judgment or decree. The term is used particularly in bankruptcy proceedings, in which the order declaring a debtor bankrupt is called an adjudication.
ADJUDICATION, in practice. The giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause; a judgment.
ADJUDICATIONS, Scotch law. Certain proceedings against debtors, by way of actions, before the court of sessions and are of two kinds, special and general.
Term: Adjudication
Definition: The final order, pronouncement or judgment of a court or other tribunal.
Term: Adjuster
Definition: An employee or agent of an insurance company who handles a casualty claim.
Adjudication - Judgment rendered by the court after a determination of the issues.
Adjudication Withheld - A manner of disposition in which the court does not pronounce a formal judgment of conviction.
Adjudication
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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
To rule upon or decide in a judicial proceeding.
Former adjudication
Definition - Noun
: a procedural doctrine that bars relitigation by the same parties of the same issues or claims upon which a judgment has already been rendered ...
summary adjudication of issues
n. a court order ruling that certain factual issues are already d...
summary judgment
n. a court order ruling that no factual issues remain to be tried...
These operate as a government policy-making body at times but also exercise a licensing, certifying, approval or other adjudication authority which is "quasi-judicial" because it directly affects the legal rights of a person.
Government agency action can include rulemaking, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a branch of public law.
"A judgment in rem I conceive to be an adjudication pronounced (as indeed its name denotes) upon the status of some particular subject-matter, by a tribunal having competent authority for that purpose.
The Supreme Court of the United States and the circuit courts are invested with general equity powers and act either as courts of law or equity, according to the form of the process and the subject of adjudication.
indispensable party: Rule 19(b); a person needed for the just adjudication of a case; if there is a legal impediment to joining her and the court determines it cannot proceed with the case in her absence, ...
Service Centers - Four offices established to handle the filing, data entry, and adjudication of certain applications for immigration services and benefits.
small claims court - A special court which provides expeditious, informal, and inexpensive adjudication of small claims. Jurisdiction of such courts is usually limited to collection of small debts and accounts.
proceeding 1 : a particular step or series of steps in the enforcement, adjudication, or administration of rights, remedies, laws, or regulations: as a : an action, hearing, trial, or application before the ...
Mediation does not involve adjudication of the issues in dispute or the forcing of a compromise; only the parties, of their own volition, can shift their position in order to achieve a settlement.
PROCEEDING
Any hearing or court appearance related to the adjudication of a case.
The process is similar to the litigation process as it involves adjudication, except that the parties choose their arbitrator and the manner in which the arbitration will proceed. The decision of the arbitrator is known as an "award.
with prejudice: the term, as applied to judgment of dismissal, is as conclusive of rights of parties as if action had been prosecuted to final adjudication adverse to the plaintiff ...
a reasonable adjudication according to law and not just a curt "no". If your motion is reasonable and lawful, fair and even-handed, and does not unduly prejudice the other side, the court should grant your motion.
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