Definition of "adjudicate" []

• To hear and settle (a case) by judicial procedure. (verb-transitive)
• To study and settle (a dispute or conflict): The principal adjudicated our quarrel. (verb-transitive)
• To act as a judge. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Miliband says he won't "adjudicate" on every strike."
• "He wrote: “These concerns are alleviated—if not eliminated—by the fact that a single impartial magistrate will ultimately adjudicate all objections arising from the recount process.”"
• "Under the anti-Sharia legislative initiatives spreading across the country, state and federal courts will be unable to adjudicate disputes or perform everyday judicial functions as highlighted above."