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Webster 1913 Edition
Judicatory
Ju′di-ca-to-ry
,Adj.
[L.
judicatorius
.] Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial;
as,
. judicatory
tribunalsT. Wharton.
Power to reject in an authoritative or
judicatory
way. Bp. Hall.
Ju′di-ca-to-ry
(277)
, Noun.
[L.
judicatorium
.] 1.
A court of justice; a tribunal.
Milton.
2.
Administration of justice.
The supreme court of
judicatory
. Clarendon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Judicatory
JU'DICATORY
,Adj.
JU'DICATORY
,Noun.
1.
Distribution of justice.Definition 2024
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judicatory
English
Adjective
judicatory (comparative more judicatory, superlative most judicatory)
- Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
- T. Wharton
- Judicatory tribunals.
- Bishop Hall
- Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.
- T. Wharton
- By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
- To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, II.12:
Noun
judicatory (plural judicatories)
- (chiefly in Scotland) A court or tribunal
- judicature