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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.

To be decided, a case has to be �ripe for adjudication.� This means that the facts of the case have matured enough to constitute a actual substantial controversy warranting judicial intervention. Indeed,�Article III, Section 2, Clause 1�of the U.S. Constitution does not allow courts to decide hypothetical questions or possibilities but only actual�cases and controversies.

Adjudication also refers to the judicial decision itself. The effects of a judgment are determined by the doctrine of former adjudication. Under this doctrine, a�final judgment�in a prior action serves to bar re-litigation of the issues relevant to that determination. There are two types of former adjudication:�collateral estoppel�and�res judicata.