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Webster 1913 Edition
Judicial
Ju-di′cial
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court;
“Judicial massacres.” as,
judicial
power; judicial
proceedings; a judicial
sale. Macaulay.
Not a moral but a
judicial
law, and so was abrogated. Milton.
2.
Fitted or apt for judging or deciding;
as, a
. judicial
mind; judicial
temperament3.
Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from
legislative
, administrative
, or executive
. See Executive
. 4.
Judicious.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Definition 2025
judicial
judicial
English
Adjective
judicial (comparative more judicial, superlative most judicial)
- Of or relating to the administration of justice.
- Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
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- Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to a court of law
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Noun
judicial (uncountable)
- That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
Translations
branch of government responsible for administration of justice
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Portuguese
Adjective
judicial m, f (plural judiciais, comparable)
Quotations
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