Officials say foul play is not suspected. Alexander's death was the fifth inmate death since the beginning of 2014. Click here to read a statement released Wednesday by Sheriff Ian Parkinson about the deaths and their resulting investigations.
Adjudication â The process for determining if allegations brought forth in the juvenile court petition are true. An adjudicatory hearing is held to determine the facts of the case and an appropriate course of action.
Adjudication. The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given. The entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case.. the act of giving a judicial ruling such as a judgment or decree. The term is used particularly in bankruptcy proceedings, in which the order declaring a debtor bankrupt is called an adjudication. (See: bankruptcy).