judicare

[joo-di-kair]

noun

1. Often Judicare a federally funded program providing free or low-cost legal services to people with low incomes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of judicare¹

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; judi(cial) + care, on the model of Medicare ( def. )

Example Sentences

Sprung from a noble family, he had gained a reputation for sanctity by the life of a hermit in the wilderness, when, from the words of the collect, “per eum qui venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos,” he conceived the idea that he was the Son of God.

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L. adjudicare; ad + judicare to judge.

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Da mihi Domine, sedium tuarum assistricem Sapientiam, ut sciam judicare populum tuum in justitia, et pauperes tuos in judicio.

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Pius labor, sed periculosa praesumptio, judicare de ceteris, ipsum ab omnibus judicandum: senis mutare linguam, et canescentem jam mundum ad initia retrahere parvulorum.”

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Ad tertium dicendum, quod omnia dicimus in Deo videre, et secundum ipsum de omnibus judicare, in quantum per participationem sui luminis omnia cognoscimus et dijudicamus.

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