adjudicatoryadj.n.

1685 H. Consett Pract. Spiritual Courts vi. 268 She believes her Adversary will not (willingly however) obtain an adjudicatory Sentence for a Woman, who (in his opinion) is known by another Man.

1757 M. Postlethwayt Britain's Commerc. Interest II. 41 Which declaration shall be certified by the adjudicatory commissioners of our farms.

1825 J. A. Jones Refugee I. xiii. 262 They consisted of a certain number of charges or allegations which are always put down to the account of every man judged worthy of the adjudicatory process of a court martial.

1878 Advance (Chicago) 4 July 1/1 The Conference expects to adjourn by the middle of this month, leaving the rest of its multifarious adjudicatory work to be done by special Commissions.

1923 Times 5 Apr. 12/5 Every dispute between employers and employees which cannot be arranged by the parties themselves should be compulsorily admitted to its appropriate adjudicatory board.

1957 Progress (Clearfield, Pa.) 1 Apr. 10 Remove from the state teachers college boards of trustees and the State Council of Education all administrative and adjudicatory functions and emphasize their role as advisory.

1991 B. A. Garner in Scribes Jrnl. Legal Writing 2 3 The full panoply of procedural devices normally associated only with adjudicatory hearings.

1757 M. Postlethwayt Britain's Commerc. Interest II. 80 The memorials presented as well by the admiral of France, as by the adjudicatory of the united body of farmers-general.

1859 Macphail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. Nov. 217 On that occasion the adjudicatories were Oxford scholars of the greatest eminence.

1911 Northeastern Reporter 94 30/2 Those members who do not yield to the judgment of their church adjudicatories ceased to have any interest therein.

2001 Jrnl. Law & Relig. 16 301 Under the first approach, the courts used to resolved intrachurch conflicts by deferring to the church adjudicatory in the case of a hierarchical church or to the majority of a congregationally governed polity.