The act of judging or settling a dispute between two parties; currently making an authoritative decision.
Present participle of 'dijudicate,' formed with the '-ing' suffix. This form appears in legal contexts describing ongoing judicial processes in historical and formal documents.
In old legal documents, you'd see phrases like 'the judge was dijudicating the matter'—it's a wordy but precise way of saying someone was actively hearing both sides and making a decision.
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