adjudication

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Recent Examples of adjudication For disability benefit applicants, which can take more than a year to get a decision, there was information about processing time, reconsideration time, and appeals adjudication time. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 27 June 2025 The Framers of our Constitution deliberately placed the power of criminal adjudication in the hands of citizen-jurors. Mike Fox, Oc Register, 12 May 2025 In this new event, six of Florida’s top high school orchestras present concerts and receive adjudication and instruction from industry professionals. Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025 De la Cruz received deferred adjudication and eight years of probation as part of a plea agreement in May, according to court records. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adjudication
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Noun
  • Could get up to 30 years McBee waived a grand jury indictment and a trial by pleading guilty to one count of federal crop insurance fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years.
    Mike Hendricks July 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2025
  • The guilty counts carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for each, but sentencing guidelines could ultimately dictate a 5¼-year maximum, prosecutors have said.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • However, that lifeline is likely temporary: A recent Supreme Court ruling that limited nationwide injunctions could affect the outcome of the Job Corps case and, in turn, the program’s operations.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
  • But the ruling halted enough of the regulations for Planned Parenthood to begin offering procedural abortions again.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • The cases against Oren and Alon Alexander remain pending and nothing involving the disposition of this case affects the cases against the Alexander brothers.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2025
  • The Supreme Court may decide on the case as early as June 12, and a majority of justices have signaled a friendly disposition toward upholding Tennessee’s law that took effect in June 2023.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The Broader Labor Market Speaks The GMAC findings align with broader trends.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • The findings come at a time of great political volatility.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 1 July 2025

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