adjudicate

Verb

• bring to an end; settle conclusively
  • The case was decided
    
  • The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff
    
  • The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
    

• put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  • The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
    
  • The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  decide , settle , resolve , judge , try