judicial

[ joo-dish-uhl ]
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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.

  1. of or relating to a judge; proper to the character of a judge; judgelike: judicial gravity.

  2. inclined to make or give judgments; critical; discriminating: a judicial mind.

  3. decreed, sanctioned, or enforced by a court: a judicial decision.

  4. giving or seeking judgment, as in a dispute or contest; determinative: a judicial duel over lands.

  5. inflicted by God as a judgment or punishment.

Origin of judicial

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin jūdiciālis of the law courts, equivalent to jūdici(um) judgment (see judge, -ium) + -ālis-al1

synonym study For judicial

4. See judicious.

Other words for judicial

Other words from judicial

  • 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
  • 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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British Dictionary definitions for judicial

judicial

/ (dʒuːˈdɪʃəl) /


adjective
  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

  1. inclined to pass judgment; discriminating

  2. allowed or enforced by a court of law: a decree of judicial separation

  3. having qualities appropriate to a judge

  4. giving or seeking judgment, esp determining or seeking determination of a contested issue

Origin of judicial

1
C14: from Latin jūdiciālis belonging to the law courts, from jūdicium judgment, from jūdex a judge

Derived forms of judicial

  • judicially, adverb

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