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Adjudication
Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants to come to a decision or judgment which determines rights and obligations between the parties involved.
See also
- Dispute resolution
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Jurisprudence
- Administrative law
- Res judicata
- Collateral estoppel
Alternate meaning
Adjudication can also be the process (in television game shows and the like) by which a winner is found.
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