The process or act of judging between two parties; the settlement of a dispute through authoritative judgment.
From Latin 'dijudicatio,' derived from 'dijudicare' (to judge between). This legal noun was common in medieval and Renaissance legal writing in both Latin and English.
Dijudication was the formal term for the whole legal process of having a judge hear both sides and decide—it's why we still use 'adjudication' today, though the 'di-' prefix gradually faded away.
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