adjudication

/əˈdʒudəkeɪʃən/

/əˈdʒudəkeɪʃən/

Other forms: adjudications

After a long court trial, the judge reviews all the evidence to come to a conclusion about a case and that process is called adjudication.

Adjudication comes from the Old French ajugier meaning "to judge, pass judgment on." An adjudication results in a formal judgment or decision given by a court. Often these adjudications lead to the making of history, like the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka trial in which the process of adjudication resulted in a decision that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional.

Definitions of adjudication

1. noun

   the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
   type of:

   assessment, judgement, judgment

   the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event