聽ㄊㄧㄥˋtìng斷ㄉㄨㄢˋduàn

聽取陳述，審察事理，而作決斷。《荀子·榮辱》：「政令法，舉措時，聽斷公。」《漢書·卷六四上·嚴助傳》：「南面而聽斷，號令天下，四海之內莫不嚮應。」

英to judge (i.e. to hear and pass judgment in a law court), to hear and decide