adjudication

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Recent Examples of adjudication The judge also agreed to withhold adjudication, a legal term that secures guilt but not a conviction if terms of the settlement are met. Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025 The vast majority were given notices to appear in U.S. immigration courts for adjudication of their cases. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025 Adjudicators can become more strict in their adjudication. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 23 Mar. 2025 No lawsuits, bankruptcies or foreclosures Have you ever been charged or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, including an adjudication of guilt withheld? Philip Bradley, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjudication
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjudication
Noun
  • Todd received a 12-year prison term, and Julie received a seven-year sentence.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • But Hoover will remain in prison, serving a 200-year sentence for his state court conviction for murder.
    Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • But the duties were allowed to remain in effect while the Trump administration appeals the ruling against them.
    Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • The game was delayed 18 minutes, first for the umpires to deliberate on what the proper ruling would be, then to clear the field of debris thrown from the Rogers Centre stands.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Kathleen Bush-Joseph, an attorney and policy analyst with the U.S. Immigration Policy Program at the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute previously mentioned that the database doesn’t always have the final dispositions of cases.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 15 May 2025
  • Shutt says Ruby has the sweetest disposition and knows which office staff member has the best treats.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • As bond market prices seek a new equilibrium, risk and reward dynamics can become unanchored from fundamentals, as exemplified by this article’s findings.
    Ivan Illan, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • And in a startling shift from previous findings, U.S. polling data in 2024 revealed that millennials and members of Generation Z are more likely to harbor antisemitic tropes than older Americans.
    Jonathan A. Greenblatt, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025

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