judicial

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/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/

adj 5noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

educational, executive, heavy, legal, legislative, same, slow, social

The judicial and legislative branches of government often disagree on important policy matters.

VERB + JUDICIAL

arrogated, asking, guarantees, power, reform, rent, say, separated

The government arrogated judicial power without consulting parliament or the courts.

JUDICIAL + NOUN

affairs, himself, impartiality, it's, malta, oversight, proceedings, scrivener

The government established a new committee to ensure judicial oversight of police investigations.

PREP.

from, in, in, on

The judge's decision was appealed on judicial grounds due to a procedural error.

Definitions

adj

Of or relating to the administration of justice.

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

judicial rent, judicial lease

Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.

Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).

noun

That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — expressing careful judgment

discriminative

adjective — relating to the administration of justice or the function of

juridical
juridic

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

Wiktionary

judicial rent, judicial lease

Wiktionary

The dictator arrogated judicial powers to himself.

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The U.S. government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.

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The new law guarantees the same judicial and social rights to homosexual couples.

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Some people say that the judicial system is rigged.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, judicial is marked as historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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