Assertion: adoption | /r/CapableOf | direct judge
Facets:
value: to ensure
type: PURPOSE
value: for the first time
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This was a huge turning point for the history of child adoption; the Adoption of Children Act directed judges, for the first time, to ensure that adoption decrees were “fit and proper” (although how this determination was to be made was left up to the judges’ interpretation).