decree by deliberate judgment
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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
adjudication — I noun act of judgment, adjudgment, arbitrage, arbitrament, arbitration, authoritative decision, award, conclusion, decision, declaration, decree, deliberate determination, determination, determination of issues, disposition, edict, final… … 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
last — vb endure, *continue, abide, persist Analogous words: survive, outlast, *outlive: remain, *stay Antonyms: fleet last adj Last, latest, final, terminal, concluding, eventual, ultimate are comparable when they mean following all the others in time… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
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ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
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