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41Adjudicating — 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] …
42adjudication — adjudicate ► VERB 1) make a formal judgement on a disputed matter. 2) judge a competition. DERIVATIVES adjudication noun adjudicative adjective adjudicator noun. ORIGIN Latin adjudicare adjudge …
43adjudicative — adjudicate ► VERB 1) make a formal judgement on a disputed matter. 2) judge a competition. DERIVATIVES adjudication noun adjudicative adjective adjudicator noun. ORIGIN Latin adjudicare adjudge …
44adjudicator — adjudicate ► VERB 1) make a formal judgement on a disputed matter. 2) judge a competition. DERIVATIVES adjudication noun adjudicative adjective adjudicator noun. ORIGIN Latin adjudicare adjudge …
45BET DIN AND JUDGES — (Heb. בֵּית דִּין; lit. house of judgment ). Bet din (pl. battei din) is the term, in rabbinic sources, for a Jewish court of law. In modern times it usually refers to an ecclesiastical court dealing with religious matters such as divorce, and… …
46jurisdiction — ju·ris·dic·tion /ˌju̇r əs dik shən/ n [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1: the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) to be… …
47court — / kōrt/ n [Old French, enclosed space, royal entourage, court of justice, from Latin cohort cohors farmyard, armed force, retinue] 1 a: an official assembly for the administration of justice: a unit of the judicial branch of government the… …
48PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE — CIVIL Court Sessions The courts of three (judges) exercising jurisdiction in civil matters (see bet din ) held their sessions during the day, but – following Jethro s advice to Moses that judges should be available at all times (Ex. 18:22) – they …
49Judicial system of the People's Republic of China — For the Ministry of Justice, see Ministry of Justice of the People s Republic of China. People s Republic of China This article is part of the series: Politics and government of …
50conflict of laws — 1. dissimilarity or discrepancy between the laws of different legal orders, such as states or nations, with regard to the applicable legal rules and principles in a matter that each legal order wishes to regulate. 2. Also called private… …
