adjudicating
Deciding legal disputes
Adjudicating is making a formal judgment or decision, especially in a legal or official capacity.
A judge adjudicates disputes; a panel adjudicates claims.
The word implies authority and procedure—not casual opinion but deliberate ruling: The committee is adjudicating scholarship applications.
Someone adjudicating weighs evidence and reaches a binding conclusion.
Establishing with certainty
- resolvingReaching a conclusion
- rulingFormal legal determination
- concludingBringing to an end
- deliberatingCarefully thinking before deciding
weighing · evaluating · assessing · considering · settling · establishing · reasoning · judging
Judicial decision-making body
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- benchShared seating surface
magistrate · jurist · jurisdiction · litigation · plaintiff · defendant · case · appeal
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
dispute resolution · impartiality · neutral · fairness · intermediary · third party · facilitation · compromise
Sports rule enforcer
- umpireSports match official
- scoringEarning points in competition
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- judging panelEvaluators choosing winners
disqualification · winner · dispute · challenge · appeal · review · rules · fairness
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- decisionSettled course of action
- findingConclusion from investigation
- determinationFirmness of purpose
award · sentence · acquittal · conviction · outcome · pronouncement · decree · order
determining
Establishing with certainty
- resolvingReaching a conclusion
- rulingFormal legal determination
- concludingBringing to an end
deliberating · weighing · evaluating · assessing · considering · settling · establishing · reasoning · judging · pronouncing
tribunal
Judicial decision-making body
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
bench · magistrate · jurist · jurisdiction · litigation · plaintiff · defendant · case · appeal · precedent
mediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitrationNon-court binding dispute resolution
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
settlement · dispute resolution · impartiality · neutral · fairness · intermediary · third party · facilitation · compromise · reconciliation
referee
Sports rule enforcer
- umpireSports match official
- scoringEarning points in competition
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
judging panel · disqualification · winner · dispute · challenge · appeal · review · rules · fairness · tie-breaker
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- decisionSettled course of action
- findingConclusion from investigation
determination · award · sentence · acquittal · conviction · outcome · pronouncement · decree · order · opinion
- Determiningdeciding, choosing, judging, concluding, resolving
- dispute resolutionmediation, mediating, arbitration, negotiating, conciliation
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
adjudicatingdeferring
Postponing or yielding respectfully
abstaining · recusing · abdicating · passing the buck · punting
adjudicatingmediating
Facilitating conflict resolution
negotiating · facilitating · conciliating · brokering · compromising
adjudicatingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · neglecting · overlooking · turning a blind eye · avoiding