adjudication
Formal legal decision
Adjudication is the formal process of resolving a dispute or making a legal decision.
Courts adjudicate cases; judges and tribunals render adjudications.
The term extends beyond courtrooms to any authoritative determination: The adjudication of insurance claims can take months.
In immigration contexts, adjudication refers to processing and deciding applications.
Official court decision
- rulingFormal legal determination
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- judgeOne who decides
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
litigation · plaintiff · defendant · prosecution · defense · jury · trial · appeal
Just and equal treatment
- neutralityState of taking sides
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
evenhandedness · disinterest · independence · impartiality · judiciousness · reasonableness · balance · detachment
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
neutral · umpire · third-party · intermediary · facilitator · reconciliation · compromise · bargaining
Legally or morally required
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- irrevocableCannot be undone
- settledNo longer in question
final · unchallengeable · incontestable · dispositive · determination · closure · irreversible · peremptory
Determining worth or quality
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- criteriaStandards for judgment
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
assessment · review · examination · determination · reasoning · findings · merits · standards
verdict
Official court decision
courtroom · litigation · plaintiff · defendant · prosecution · defense · jury · trial · appeal · evidence
fairness
Just and equal treatment
- neutralityState of taking sides
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
equity · evenhandedness · disinterest · independence · impartiality · judiciousness · reasonableness · balance · detachment · dispassion
mediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
- arbitratorOne who resolves disputes
- conciliationResolving disputes through dialogue
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
settlement · neutral · umpire · third-party · intermediary · facilitator · reconciliation · compromise · bargaining · panel
binding
Legally or morally required
- conclusiveEnding all debate
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- irrevocableCannot be undone
settled · final · unchallengeable · incontestable · dispositive · determination · closure · irreversible · peremptory · authoritative
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
consideration · assessment · review · examination · determination · reasoning · findings · merits · standards · evidence-based
draw
Create with pencil
dispute · tournament · forfeit · notation · scorekeeping
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- justicecourtroom, trials, retributive justice, courts, gavel
- judgmentsjudge, criticize, evaluate, assess, condemn
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- legalesehereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof, hereto
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
adjudicationnegotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
arbitration · backroom deal · vigilante justice · mob rule · lawlessness
adjudicationindecision
Failure to decide
irresolution · deadlock · stalemate · impasse · uncertainty
adjudicationbeginning
Initial stage of something
commencement · start · initiation · filing · accusation