Read the dictionary definition of adjudicate. All definitions for this word.
1. bring to an end; settle conclusively
1. The case was decided
2. The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
3. The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
2. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
1. The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
2. The judge tried both father and son in separate trials