Mediation vs Adjudication - What's the difference?
mediation | adjudication |
negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.
the act of intervening for the purpose of bringing about a settlement.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
A judgment or sentence.
* Burke
* 2007 , Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)
(legal) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(legal, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
As nouns the difference between mediation and adjudication
is that mediation is mediation while adjudication is the act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.mediation
English
Noun
(wikipedia mediation) (en noun)Derived terms
* cybermediation * hypermediation * mediationalSee also
* arbitrationadjudication
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(wikipedia adjudication)Noun
(en noun)- An adjudication in favour of natural rights.
- [Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.
- (Abbott)
