English Explanatory Dictionary

judicial

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or relating to the administration of justice.
Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
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.

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/ en-us-judicial.ogg

Word forms

judicial more judicial most judicial

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Synonyms

judicatory judicial judiciary juridic juridical juridicial justiciary bench judicature judicial branch

Antonyms

extrajudicial injudicial nonjudicial nonjuridical unjudicial

Related words

adjudged adjudicated judge judiciary juridicial

Derived words

extract from the judicial record extrajudicial injudicial intrajudicial judicare judicial activism judicial astrology judicial conference judicial day judicialese judicial factor judicialization judicialize judicially judicialness judicial notice judicial officer judicial police judicial relief judicial remedy judicial restraint judicial review judicial separation judicial temperament nonjudicial parajudicial politicojudicial psychojudicial quasijudicial quasi-judicial agency semijudicial unjudicial

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