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. Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag), in politics and jurisprudence, is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations, provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow... Arbitration, in the law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution — specifically, a legal alternative to litigation whereby the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective positions (through agreement or hearing) to a neutral third party (the arbitrator(s) or arbiter(s)) for resolution. ... A judge or justice is an appointed or elected official who presides over a court. ... Evidence is: Any observable event which tends to prove or disprove a proposition, see scientific method and reality. ... Argument may refer to: (in logic) a logical argument, that is, an attempt to prove a demonstration of the half-truth of a conclusion based on the truth of a set of premises (in mathematics) at least three different things: a parameter or independent variable that is the input to... Reasoning is the act of using reason to derive a conclusion from certain premises. ... Categories: Move to Wiktionary | Law stubs | Legal terms ...

See also

• Dispute resolution
  • Lawsuit
• Alternative dispute resolution
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
• Jurisprudence
• Administrative law
• Res judicata
• Collateral estoppel

Dispute resolution is the process of resolving disputes between parties and includes lawsuits (litigation), arbitration, mediation, conciliation, and many types of negotiation. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ... Alternative dispute resolution or ADR is a name for several dispute resolution processes and techniques which, while believed by some to be outside the traditional mainstream of state jurisprudence, have gained acceptance among both the general public and the legal profession. ... Arbitration, in the law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution — specifically, a legal alternative to litigation whereby the parties to a dispute agree to submit their respective positions (through agreement or hearing) to a neutral third party (the arbitrator(s) or arbiter(s)) for resolution. ... Mediation is a process of alternative dispute resolution in which a neutral third party, the mediator, assists two or more parties to help them negotiate an agreement, with concrete effects, on a matter of common interest; lato sensu is any activity in which an agreement on any matter is researched... Jurisprudence (from Latin: juris prudentia — by the activity of prudentes; advisors, experts), is the philosophy, science, study, and application of law. ... Administrative law is the body of law that arises from the activities of administrative agencies of government. ... Res judicata (Latin for a thing decided) is a common law doctrine meant to bar relitigation of cases between the same parties in court. ... Collateral estoppel, also sometimes known as issue preclusion, is a United States it has applied to federal criminal law since United States v. ...

Alternate meaning

Adjudication can also be the process (in television game shows and the like) by which a winner is found.