bestow by judicial decree
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award — 1 vt [Anglo French awarder agarder to look at, decide on, impose, alteration of Old French esguarder to look at, from es , intensive prefix + guarder to guard] 1: to give in accordance with a judicial or administrative determination or decision… … Law dictionary
award — awardability, n. awardable, adv. awarder, n. /euh wawrd /, v.t. 1. to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes. 2. to bestow by judicial decree; assign or appoint by deliberate judgment, as in arbitration: The plaintiff was… … Universalium
award — /əˈwɔd / (say uh wawd) verb (t) 1. to adjudge to be due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes. 2. to bestow by judicial decree; assign or appoint by deliberate judgement, as in arbitration. –noun 3. something awarded, as a medal or prize …
award — a•ward [[t]əˈwɔrd[/t]] v. t. 1) to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes[/ex] 2) to bestow or assign by judicial decree: The plaintiff was awarded damages of $100,000[/ex] 3) something awarded, as a payment or medal 4) law a)… … From formal English to slang
award — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to decide, from Anglo French awarder, agarder to look at, examine, resolve, from a (from Latin ad ) + warder, garder to look after, guard more at guard Date: 14th century 1. to give by judicial decree … New Collegiate Dictionary
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
laws, conflict of — Opposition or contradiction in the applicable laws of different states or jurisdictions regarding the rights of the parties in a case. Rules have been created to help determine which set of laws is applicable in a given case, which judicial… … Universalium
The Roman Congregations — The Roman Congregations † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Roman Congregations Certain departments have been organized by the Holy See at various times to assist it in the transaction of those affairs which canonical discipline and the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Excommunication — • Exclusion from the communion, the principal and severest censure, is a medicinal, spiritual penalty that deprives the guilty Christian of all participation in the common blessings of ecclesiastical society Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Church — The Church † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church The term church (Anglo Saxon, cirice, circe; Modern German, Kirche; Sw., Kyrka) is the name employed in the Teutonic languages to render the Greek ekklesia (ecclesia), the term by which… … Catholic encyclopedia
