adjudication vs ipse dixit

adjudication

noun
  • A judgment or sentence. 

  • 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. 

  • A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt. 

  • The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement. 

  • The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt. 

ipse dixit

noun
  • An authority who makes such an assertion. 

  • A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it. 

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