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jud.

 
1. judge.
2. judgment.
3. judicial.
4. judiciary.

Judg⋅es

  [juhj-iz]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
a book of the Bible containing the history of Israel under the judges and covering the period between the death of Joshua and the accession to the throne by Saul. Abbreviation: Jud.

Ju⋅dith

  [joo-dith]
–noun
1. a devoutly religious woman of the ancient Jews who saved her town from conquest by entering the camp of the besieging Assyrian army and cutting off the head of its commander, Holofernes, while he slept.
2. a book of the Apocrypha and Douay Bible bearing her name. Abbreviation: Jud.
3. a river in central Montana, flowing N from the Little Belt Mountains to the Missouri River. 124 mi. (200 km) long.
4. a female given name.
Origin:
≪ Heb yəhūdhīth Jew (fem.)
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Judith 
fem. proper name, from L., from Gk. Ioudith, from Heb. Yehudith, fem. of Yehudh "Jewish, Jewess," from Yehudha (see Judah). Judy is a pet form of it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
JUD
Latin Juris Utriusque Doctor (Doctor of Common and Canon Laws)
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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