civil procedure

Adjourn is the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, or other official gathering. 

To adjudicate means to make a formal judgment or decision regarding a problem or disputed matter.

See also: Adjudication.

[Last reviewed in June of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team]

Adjudication refers to the legal process of resolving a dispute or deciding a case. When a claim is brought, courts identify the rights of the parties at that particular moment by analyzing what were, in law, the rights and wrongs of their actions when they occurred.

An adjudicative fact is a fact that is either legally operative or dispositive, meaning it is so important that it is essential. It would be the “who, what, where, when, and how” of a legal matter.

Adjustment is a settlement, allowance, or deduction made on a debt or claim that has been objected to by a debtor or creditor in order to establish an equitable arrangement between the parties.  

Administer means to carry out a task or give something to someone. Administer appears in a variety of contexts in the legal field. For example:

An administrator ad prosequendum is a counselor appointed by a probate court to initiate and prosecute a case on behalf of the deceased person’s estate.

Admissible evidence is evidence that may be presented before the trier of fact (i.e., the judge or jury) for them to consider in deciding the case. Compare inadmissible evidence. 

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An admission is a party's statement acknowledging that a certain statement or fact asserted against that party is true. In certain circumstances an admission can be made by silence. For example, silence after another party's assertion of a fact, would typically elicit an acknowledgment of the asserted fact.

An admission against interest is an out-of-court statement made by a party that is against their own pecuniary, proprietary, or penal interest, and that is admissible under both an exclusion (