adjudges
Rules on officially
Adjudges is the third-person singular of adjudge, meaning to declare or decide formally, especially in a legal context: The court adjudges him guilty.
It can also mean to award something by judicial decision: The estate was adjudged to the eldest son.
Outside legal settings, adjudge means to consider or deem: Critics adjudged the film a masterpiece.
Settles or concludes
- concludesBrings to an end
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- pronouncesUtters with articulation
- declaresStates openly and firmly
decrees · ordains · resolves · settles · finds · holds · deems · considers
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- judgeOne who decides
- plaintiffCivil case initiator
defendant · testimony · jurisprudence · litigation · prosecution · defense · jury · appellate
Judges worth or quality
- appraisesEstimates value or quality
- weighsMeasures heaviness of
- measuresQuantifies or evaluates
- examinesLooks at thoroughly
scrutinizes · analyzes · reviews · considers · deliberates · discerns · gauges · estimates
Non-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
reconciliation · accord · agreement · compromise · determination · disposition · finalization · closure
Awarded funds for purposes
- confersFormally gives or awards
- assignsDesignates for a purpose
- allocatesDistributes for specific purposes
- bestowsGives formally or ceremonially
apportions · allots · distributes · dispenses · accords · attributes · ascribes · credits
determines
Settles or concludes
- concludesBrings to an end
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- pronouncesUtters with articulation
declares · decrees · ordains · resolves · settles · finds · holds · deems · considers · regards
verdict
Official court decision
plaintiff · defendant · testimony · jurisprudence · litigation · prosecution · defense · jury · appellate · statute
assesses
Judges worth or quality
examines · scrutinizes · analyzes · reviews · considers · deliberates · discerns · gauges · estimates · judges
arbitration
Non-court binding dispute resolution
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
negotiation · reconciliation · accord · agreement · compromise · determination · disposition · finalization · closure
grants
Awarded funds for purposes
- confersFormally gives or awards
- assignsDesignates for a purpose
- allocatesDistributes for specific purposes
bestows · apportions · allots · distributes · dispenses · accords · attributes · ascribes · credits · entitles
adjudgesspeculates
Guesses based on incomplete information
guesses · surmises · conjectures · hypothesizes · supposes