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When someone finally says who's right, with a title serious enough to make it stick.
means The formal process of hearing a dispute and handing down an official, binding decision about it.
from From Latin adiudicare — ad- ('to') plus iudicare ('to judge'), itself from iudex, 'judge.' The same root gives us 'judge,' 'judicial,' and 'verdict's cousins — all tracing back to the idea of declaring law (ius) and speaking it (dicere) over a matter.
- not arbitration
- imposed decision, not a mutual deal
- root
- latin for judging toward a verdict
- everyday use
- insurance claims get adjudicated too
- finality
- meant to end the argument, not restart it