judicial

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

//d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl//

Of or relating to the administration of justice.

adjective

1
Of or relating to the administration of justice.
2
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.
3
historicalspecified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
judicial rent, judicial lease
4
Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
5
Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

noun

1
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

Forms

comparative: more judicial
superlative: most judicial

judging · judgmental judgment · The act of judging.judgmental · Of or relating to judgment.

judicial · Of or relating to the administration of justice.

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