different between adjudication vs judicature

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adiudicatio, adiudicationem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?(d)?d??u.d??ke?.??n/

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

adjudication (countable and uncountable, plural adjudications)

1. The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
2. A judgment or sentence.
   • 16 June, 1784, Edmund Burke, speech on reform of representation in the House of Commons

     An adjudication in favour of natural rights.

   • 2007, Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)

     [Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.

3. (law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)

4. (emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
5. (law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.

Related terms

• adjudicate
• adjudicator

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adi?dic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d?y.di.ka.sj??/

Noun

adjudication f (plural adjudications)

1. adjudication

Derived terms

• adjudicataire

Related terms

• adjuger

Further reading

• “adjudication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin i?dic?re (“to judge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??u?d?k?t???/, /d????d?k?t???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??u?d??ke?t???/

Noun

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. [from 16th c.]
2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. [from 16th c.]
3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. [from 16th c.]
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford 2009, p. 207:

     Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.

Synonyms

• (the position or status of a judge): judgeship
• (court or other assembly): judiciary

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin judicatura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.di.ka.ty?/

Noun

judicature f (plural judicatures)

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Latin

Participle

j?dic?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of j?dic?t?rus