adjudicated
Ruled on formally
Adjudicated is the past tense of adjudicate, meaning to make a formal judgment or decision about a dispute or contested matter.
Courts adjudicate cases; agencies adjudicate claims.
The case was adjudicated in favor of the plaintiff.
Her disability claim was finally adjudicated after months of waiting.
The word implies official authority and formal process.
Last and decisive
- bindingLegally or morally required
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- authoritativeHaving recognized expertise
determinative · settled · official · enforceable · irrevocable · unappealable · dispositive · controlling
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
plaintiff · defendant · testimony · jurisprudence · litigation · prosecution · defense · docket
Resolved dispute or colony
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
grievance · resolution · determination · decision · reconciliation · accord · finding · outcome
final
Last and decisive
- bindingLegally or morally required
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
authoritative · determinative · settled · official · enforceable · irrevocable · unappealable · dispositive · controlling · ultimate
verdict
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
tribunal · plaintiff · defendant · testimony · jurisprudence · litigation · prosecution · defense · docket · appeal
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
claim · grievance · resolution · determination · decision · reconciliation · accord · finding · outcome · conclusion
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
adjudicatedunresolved
Lacking final determination
pending · unsettled · undecided · deferred · outstanding
adjudicatednegotiated
Reached terms through discussion
mediated · compromised · dropped · withdrawn · arbitrated
adjudicate, adjudication, adjudicator, adjudicating, adjudicators, adjudicates, adjudications