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Webster 1913 Edition
Judge
Judge
(jŭj)
, Noun.
1.
(Law)
A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose.
The parts of a
judge
in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. Bacon.
2.
One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic.
A man who is no
judge
of law may be a good judge
of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting. Dryden.
3.
A person appointed to decide in a trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire;
as, a
. judge
in a horse race4.
(Jewish Hist.)
One of the supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.
5.
pl.
The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.
Judge
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Judged
(jŭjd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Judging
.] 1.
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence.
The Lord
judge
between thee and me. Gen. xvi. 5.
Father, who art judge
Of all things made, and
Of all things made, and
judgest
only right! Milton.
2.
To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See , 3.
Judge
, Verb.
T.
Forbear to
judge
, for we are sinners all. Shakespeare
3.
To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about.
Judge
not according to the appearance. John vii. 24.
She is wise if I can
judge
of her. Shakespeare
Judge
,Verb.
T.
1.
To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties.
“Chaos [shall] judge the strife.” Milton.
2.
To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom.
God shall
judge
the righteous and the wicked. Eccl. iii. 7.
To bring my whole cause ’fore his holiness,
And to be
And to be
judged
by him. Shakespeare
3.
To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
Judge
not, that ye be not judged
. Matt. vii. 1.
4.
To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon.
If ye have
judged
me to be faithful to the Lord. Acts xvi. 15.
5.
To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern.
[Obs.]
Make us a king to
judge
us. 1 Sam. viii. 5.
Webster 1828 Edition
Judge
JUDGE
,Noun.
1.
A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court. The judge of a court of equity is called a chancellor.2.
The Supreme Being. Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Gen.18.
3.
One who presides in a court of judicature.4.
One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety. A man who is no judge of law, may be a good judge of poetry or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
5.
In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers. The Israelites were governed by judges more than three hundred years, and the history of their transactions is called the book of Judges.6.
A juryman or juror. In criminal suits, the jurors are judges of the law as well as of the fact.JUDGE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood. Judge not according to the appearance John 7.
2.
To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind. If I did not know the originals, I should not be able to judge, by the copies, which was Virgil and which Ovid.
3.
To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence. He was present on the bench, but could not judge in the case. The Lord judge between thee and me. Gen.16.
4.
To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion. Judge in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1 Cor.11.
JUDGE
,Verb.
T.
Chaos shall judge the strife.
1.
To try; to examine and pass sentence on. Take ye him and judge him according to your law.
John 18.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Eccles.3.
2.
Rightly to understand and discern. He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. 1 Cor.2.
3.
To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence. Judge not, that ye be not judged. Matt.7.
4.
To esteem; to think; to reckon. If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--
Acts.16.
5.
To rule or govern. The Lord shall judge his people. Heb.10.
6.
To doom to punishment; to punish. I will judge thee according to thy ways. Ezek. 7.
Definition 2024
Judge
judge
judge
See also: Judge
English
Alternative forms
- judg (obsolete)
Noun
judge (plural judges)
- A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
- Francis Bacon
- The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence.
- Francis Bacon
- A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
- A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
- At a boxing match the decision of the judges is final.
- A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
- He is a good judge of wine.
- They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
- Dryden
- A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
Synonyms
- (one who judges in an official capacity): magistrate (now usually of low rank); justice (now usually of high rank); justiciar, justiciary (historic, of high rank); Chief Justice, Chief Justiciar, Capital Justiciary, Chief Justiciary, justiciar, justiciary (of the highest rank); justicer (obsolete); sheriff, bailiff, reeve (historic or obsolete)
- (one who judges generally): deemer, deemster
Derived terms
Translations
public judicial official
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someone deciding another's fate
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sports official
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someone with valued opinions
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Verb
judge (third-person singular simple present judges, present participle judging, simple past and past participle judged)
- (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
- A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
- (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
- Justices in this country judge without appeal.
- (transitive) To form an opinion on.
- I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
- (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
- We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
- (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
- I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
- (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
- I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII
- THE sun was up so high when I waked that I judged it was after eight o'clock.
- (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:deem
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to sit in judgment on, pass sentence on
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to sit in judgment on, act as judge
to form an opinion on
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to arbitrate, to pass opinion on something
to have as an opinion, consider, suppose
to form an opinion, infer
to criticize or label another person or thing
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