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Adjudication

The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

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Assessment 76% connected

The act of assessing; the act of determining an amount to be paid; as, an assessment of damages, or of taxes; an assessment of the members of a club.

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Condemnation noun · 85% connection

(law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building)

Used in the same subject area: Law, Education, Curriculum assessment.
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Course of study noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

Used in the same subject area: Education, Curriculum assessment.
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Curriculum noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

Used in the same subject area: Education, Curriculum assessment.
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Program noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

Used in the same subject area: Education, Curriculum assessment.
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Programme noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

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Syllabus noun · 78% connection

an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

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Arbiter noun · 78% connection

someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrato…

Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution.
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Arbitrator noun · 78% connection

someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrato…

Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution.
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Costs noun · 78% connection

pecuniary reimbursement to the winning party for the expenses of litigation

Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution.
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Judicial proceeding noun · 78% connection

a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution.
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Litigation noun · 78% connection

a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights

Used in the same subject area: Law, Dispute resolution.
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Umpire noun · 78% connection

someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue; "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrato…

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Accuse verb · 78% connection

to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; -- with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Adjudge verb · 78% connection

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Adjudicative adjective · 78% connection

Adjudicating.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Animadvert verb · 78% connection

To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Auditor adjective · 78% connection

One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Bankrupt noun · 78% connection

A person who, in accordance with the terms of a law relating to bankruptcy, has been judicially declared to be unable to meet his liab…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Burden verb · 78% connection

To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Cognizable adjective · 78% connection

Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Cognizance noun · 78% connection

The hearing a matter judicially.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Convene verb · 78% connection

To summon judicially to meet or appear.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Crabbed noun · 78% connection

Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Craziness noun · 78% connection

the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Crucial adjective · 78% connection

Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Declarator noun · 78% connection

A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Decree verb · 78% connection

To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Ferret noun · 78% connection

The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Flood control noun · 78% connection

(engineering) the art or technique of trying to control rivers with dams etc. in order to minimize the occurrence of floods

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjudicating, trying, determining, judicially.
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Folly noun · 78% connection

the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is…

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