adjudicate
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At a press conference, the Orange Order said members of the Parades Commission had "no credibility" to adjudicate on their application and should resign.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Letting U.S. courts adjudicate foreign torts also creates a “danger of unwarranted judicial interference in the conduct of foreign policy,” she writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
They become permissions granted or withheld based on the whim of those who interpret and adjudicate our laws.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
“How would it work? How would you adjudicate these cases?”
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026
This enterprise required that certain social and technical preconditions be met: the existence of reliable methods of communication, a common body of expert knowledge and an acknowledged group of experts able to adjudicate disputes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Finra, the industry’s self-policing group, adjudicates disputes among advisers, brokers, investors and institutions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The US State Department told BBC Africa that it welcomes "legitimate travellers" to the World Cup and adjudicates each visa application on a case-by-case basis "after rigorous review and thorough vetting".
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Tax Court routinely adjudicates highly technical disputes between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service, clarifying ambiguities in law and practice through published opinions.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
For instance, the bar nominates candidates to the board that adjudicates lawyers’ misconduct, and helps to set the board’s budget.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025
Every villa or borough throughout the province also possesses its municipal council, and in thinly-populated districts the inhabitants choose every four years a justice of the peace, who adjudicates in small disputes between neighbours.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Henry Walter Bates
What happened next is already being fought over on the internet and soon will be adjudicated in court.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Notably, it has not been adjudicated whether or not the FCC has crossed the line into jawboning.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Only about 20% of adjudicated asylum claims were ultimately granted as of last August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“It could be adjudicated expeditiously, or it could be just determining that they also agree that there was no criminal intent in the chair’s testimony at the banking committee that I participated in,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
Joe had been brought to court and adjudicated on a single occasion, when he was twelve years old.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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A federal court in Texas may not stop a federal court in Rhode Island from adjudicating a case by issuing a glorified restraining order against the parties.
From Slate ● May 19, 2026
You’re right to highlight the difficulty of getting truly unbiased and scientifically accurate background information to judges tasked with adjudicating cases involving climate change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
But the countries have traded allegations of ceasefire breaches, and analysts say a comprehensive peace pact adjudicating the territorial dispute at the core of the conflict remains elusive.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
The report states it has made "substantial progress with the process of adjudicating planholders' submitted claims".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
But the septa could not have known that today's court would be anything but the usual tedious business of hearing petitions, settling disputes between rival holdfasts, and adjudicating the placement of boundary stones.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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