JUDICIAL

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

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Etymology

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.

(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.

Synonyms

• justiciary

Noun

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

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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

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