Law Dictionary Definitions

adjudicative law.See CASELAW. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudicative fact.See FACT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudicative-claims arbitration.See ARBITRATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudicative  (<<schwa>>-joo-di-k<<schwa>>-tiv),  adj.1.  Of  or  relating  to  adjudication.  2. Having the ability to judge. — Also termed adjudicatory; judicative. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudication withheld.See deferred judgment under JUDGMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudication hearing.See HEARING. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudication  (<<schwa>>-joo-di-kay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.1.  The  legal  process  of  resolving  a dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case. 2.JUDGMENT. former adjudication.See FORMER ADJUDICATION. 3.Scots law. The Court of Session’s transfer of heritable property to a creditor as security for or in satisfaction of a debt, or its vesting title in an entitled claimant. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudicatio.Roman law. A part of a formula in a partition action by which the judge assigned the parties real rights in their shares; specif., a part of a formula (i.e., the praetor’s statement of an issue for a judex) directing the judex to apportion property in a divisory action. • Adjudicatio was used to apportion…

adjudicatee (<<schwa>>-joo-di-k<<schwa>>-tee).Civil law. A purchaser at a judicial sale. [Blacks Law 8th]

adjudicate    (<<schwa>>-joo-di-kayt),    vb.1.    To    rule    upon    judicially.    2.ADJUDGE (2).3.ADJUDGE(3). — Also termed judicate. [Blacks Law 8th]