discriminative, judicial
(adjective) expressing careful judgment; “discriminative censure”; “a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose”-Tyler Dennett
judicial
(adjective) decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; “a judicial decision”
judicial, juridical, juridic
(adjective) relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; “judicial system”
judicial
(adjective) belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; “judicial robes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
(Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
• justiciary
judicial (uncountable)
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
Synonym: judiciary
Source: Wiktionary
Ju*di"cial, a. Etym: [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.]
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; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. "Judicial massacres." 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.
3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
4. Judicious. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 November 2024
(noun) a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; “she got a reputation as a frump”; “she’s a real dog”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
