judicatory
Americanadjective
noun
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a court of law and justice; tribunal; judiciary.
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the administration of justice.
adjective
noun
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a court of law
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the administration of justice
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Origin of judicatory
1565–75; (noun) < Medieval Latin jūdicātōrium law court, equivalent to jūdicā ( re ) to judge + -tōrium -tory 2; (adj.) < Late Latin jūdicātōrius, equivalent to jūdicā ( re ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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A Committee of Safety was the highest judicatory, and Allen was Col.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
Against those who separated from us in Philadelphia, 1833, erecting a rival judicatory, and dishonestly claiming the name Reformed Presbyterian Church, we bear our feeble testimony for the following among other reasons: 1.
From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed
It would appear that the duty and honour of presiding commonly devolved on the senior member of the judicatory.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
If then an inferior judicatory offend or injure us, we ought to carry the matter to another that has more influence and authority.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
Being also examined anent the excommunication at Torwood, he declined to answer, as being an ecclesiastical matter, and they a civil judicatory.
From Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies by Howie, John
The terms of the merger will be presented to the judicatories next June for final ratification.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, instead of this, a bill was introduced which did not allow the Church judicatories to reject unless on grounds satisfactory to the civil court.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
The said registers are more perfect, lesse vitiated, scored, and interlined, then any other authentick and famous registers of the most prime judicatories within this Kingdom: VII.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
Likeas, all lieges are bound by the laws of the land inserted in the National Covenant, to "maintain the authority of Parliaments, without which neither any laws nor lawful judicatories can be established."
When this law of the Spirit of life in Christ is published, and proclaimed openly unto congregations, unto judicatories, and unto persons, yet few do regard it.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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