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  • 71Adjudicating — Adjudicate Ad*ju di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjudicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Adjudicating}] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of adjudicare. See {Adjudge}.] To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 72judge — judgeable, adj. judger, n. judgeless, adj. judgelike, adj. judgeship, n. judgingly, adv. /juj/, n., v., judged, judging. n. 1. a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of …

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  • 73convict — con·vict 1 /kən vikt/ vt [Latin convictus past participle of convincere to find guilty, prove, from com with, together + vincer to conquer]: to find guilty of a criminal offense was convict ed of fraud compare acquit con·vict 2 / kän ˌvikt/ …

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  • 74order — or·der 1 n 1: a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority maintain law and order 2: an established mode or state of procedure a call to order 3 a: a mandate from a superior authority see also …

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  • 75sentence — sen·tence 1 / sent əns, ənz/ n [Old French, opinion, judicial sentence, from Latin sententia, ultimately from sentire to feel, think, express an opinion] 1: a judgment formally pronouncing the punishment to be inflicted on one convicted of a… …

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  • 76settle — set·tle vb set·tled, set·tling vt 1: to resolve conclusively settle a question of law 2: to establish or secure permanently a settled legal principle 3 …

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  • 77English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …

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  • 78arbitrate — ar·bi·trate / är bə ˌtrāt/ vb trat·ed, trat·ing vt 1: to act as arbitrator for 2: to bring to arbitration for settlement agreed to arbitrate their dispute vi: to act as arbitrator ar·bi·tra·tive / ˌ …

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  • 79judicate — index adjudge, arbitrate (adjudge) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 80make a decision — index adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate (adjudge), cast (register), choose, conclude (decide) …

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