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Webster 1913 Edition
Juridical
{
Ju-rid′ic
,Ju-rid′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L. , and
juridicus
relating to the administration of justice; jus
, juris
, right, law + dicare
to pronounce: cf. F. juridique
. See Just
, Adj.
Diction
.] Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal;
“This juridical sword.” as,
. juridical
lawMilton.
The body corporate of the kingdom, in
juridical
construction, never dies. Burke.
Juridical days
, days on which courts are open.
Webster 1828 Edition
Juridical
JURID'ICAL
,Adj.
1.
Acting in the distribution of justice; pertaining to a judge.2.
Used in courts of law or tribunals of justice.Definition 2024
juridical
juridical
English
Alternative forms
- juridic
Adjective
juridical (comparative more juridical, superlative most juridical)
- Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
- 1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley, Penguin 1998, page 85:
- ...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience.
- 1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley, Penguin 1998, page 85:
Translations
Pertaining to the law
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