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ju·di·cial

   [joo-dish-uhl]
adjective
1.
pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
2.
pertaining to courts of law or to judges; judiciary: judicial functions.
3.
of or pertaining to a judge; proper to the character of a judge; judgelike: judicial gravity.
4.
inclined to make or give judgments; critical; discriminating: a judicial mind.
5.
decreed, sanctioned, or enforced by a court: a judicial decision.
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6.
giving or seeking judgment, as in a dispute or contest; determinative: a judicial duel over lands.
7.
inflicted by God as a judgment or punishment.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin jūdiciālis of the law courts, equivalent to jūdici(um) judgment (see judge, -ium) + -ālis -al1

Related forms
ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
ju·di·cial·ness, noun
non·ju·di·cial, adjective
non·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
sem·i·ju·di·cial, adjective
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sem·i·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
sub·ju·di·cial, adjective
sub·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
su·per·ju·di·cial, adjective
su·per·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
un·ju·di·cial, adjective
un·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb
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Can be confused: judicial, judiciary, judicious (see synonym note at judicious).

Synonyms
1, 2. juridical. 2. forensic. 4. See judicious.

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Judicial is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Example Sentences
  • Slow judicial processes can result in long pre-trial detention times.
  • Those in the field are awaiting congressional and judicial decisions on the matter.
  • This would bring our judicial system to a screeching halt.
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World English Dictionary
judicial (dʒuːˈdɪʃəl)
 
—adj
1.  of or relating to the administration of justice
2.  of or relating to judgment in a court of law or to a judge exercising this function
3.  inclined to pass judgment; discriminating
4.  allowed or enforced by a court of law: a decree of judicial separation
5.  having qualities appropriate to a judge
6.  giving or seeking judgment, esp determining or seeking determination of a contested issue
 
[C14: from Latin jūdiciālis belonging to the law courts, from jūdicium judgment, from jūdex a judge]
 
ju'dicially
 
—adv

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judicial
late 14c., from L. judicalis "of or belonging to a court of justice," from judicium "judgment, decision," from judicem (see judge).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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