judicare
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of judicare
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; judi(cial) + care, on the model of Medicare ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Such reluctance is understandable: an uncontested judicare divorce in West Virginia brings a $150 fee, compared with the usual charge of about $500.
From Time Magazine Archive
Woelfel, 27, is one of more than 700 such private attorneys on WVLSP'S roster for the so-called judicare program.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pius labor, sed periculosa praesumptio, judicare de ceteris, ipsum ab omnibus judicandum: senis mutare linguam, et canescentem jam mundum ad initia retrahere parvulorum.”
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
Da mihi Domine, sedium tuarum assistricem Sapientiam, ut sciam judicare populum tuum in justitia, et pauperes tuos in judicio.
From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by
For, as Seneca says, there is no man but prefers belief to the exercise of judgment—unusquisque mavult credere quam judicare.
From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)
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