The State Department has hired hundreds of new passport adjudicators, put employees to work around the clock and opened a new processing facility in Arkansas but has still been unable to meet the demand [for the issuance of new passports].
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adjudicator — index arbiter, arbitrator, judge, juror, referee, umpire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Adjudicator — Ad*ju di*ca tor, n. One who adjudicates. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjudicator — (n.) 1804, agent noun in Latin form from ADJUDICATE (Cf. adjudicate) … Etymology dictionary
adjudicator — is spelt or … Modern English usage
Adjudicator — An adjudicator is someone who presides, judges and arbitrates during a formal dispute. The term adjudicator essentially means a judge, without invoking the legal term. An ombudsman is a type of adjudicator in local government in the United… … Wikipedia
adjudicator — adjudicate ad‧ju‧di‧cate [əˈdʒuːdɪkeɪt] verb [intransitive, transitive] LAW 1. to officially decide who is right in an argument between two groups or organizations: • The union has offered to adjudicate the claim. adjudicate on • The court… … Financial and business terms
adjudicator — /ə dʒu:dɪkeɪtə/ noun a person who gives a decision on a problem ● an adjudicator in an industrial dispute … Dictionary of banking and finance
adjudicator — adjudicate ► VERB 1) make a formal judgement on a disputed matter. 2) judge a competition. DERIVATIVES adjudication noun adjudicative adjective adjudicator noun. ORIGIN Latin adjudicare adjudge … English terms dictionary
adjudicator — noun see adjudicate … New Collegiate Dictionary
adjudicator — See adjudication. * * * … Universalium
