adjudication
(noun)
The process of reaching a judgment or sentence in a legal proceeding.
Examples of adjudication in the following topics:
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Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
- Bakke is significant for its holding and for the role of the decision in the adjudication of affirmative action.
- Further, the nuances and confusions surrounding the Bakke decision set the stage for decades of future adjudication over affirmative action.
- Bakke was adjudicated as a result of the 1970's admissions policies of the University of California, Davis School of Medicine.
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Crime and Criminal Justice
- A legal trial is where suspected crimes are adjudicated, meaning that suspects and witnesses are questioned so that guilt or innocence and sentencing can be determined.
- The American criminal justice system consists of three main parts: (1) enforcement; (2) adjudication; and (3) corrections.
- Next, the courts carry out adjudication or the legal processing of offenders.
- The criminal justice system includes adjudication, wherein the courts legally process suspects to determine their guilt or innocence and sentencing.
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Courts
- A court is a form of tribunal with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties, and carry out the administration of justice.
- A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties, and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law.
- A tribunal, in the general sense, is any person or institution with the authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes, whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.
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Informal Methods of Amending the Constitution: Societal Change and Judicial Review
- In American legal language, "judicial review" refers primarily to the adjudication of constitutionality of statutes, especially by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Role Play Scenario
- The court tries to help them reach a compromise and then adjudicates any unresolved issues.
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The New Deal: Cooperative Federalism and the Growth of the National Government
- This is because the founders understood that state courts would be courts of general jurisdiction, bound to apply both state and federal law and because the state courts adjudicate cases between citizens who are bound to comply with both state and federal law.
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Independent Agencies
- That is, a single agency may "legislate" by producing regulations; "adjudicate" by resolving disputes between parties; and "enforce" by penalizing regulation violations.
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The Supreme Court Revisits Affirmative Action
- The first Supreme Court cases adjudicating affirmative action dealt with affirmative action in cases of employment.
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Remarks on the Concept of “Probability”
- The lack of objective criteria for adjudicating claims about probabilities in the subjective perspective is an unattractive feature of it for many scholars.
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Immigration Reform
- They also focus on problems arising out of the recent increase in immigration law enforcement without a commensurate boost in resources for adjudication.