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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Etymology
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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The ruler should be the refiner to purge away this dross, and the army, or judicatory, or kingdom, is a vessel.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
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
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)
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
This hope, however rational and sanguine, was totally disappointed in 1838, when the table of the supreme judicatory might be said to be crowded with petitions, letters, remonstrances, memorials, protests and appeals.
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
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