judicatory
Americanadjective
noun
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judicatories
plural
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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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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
The response of the supreme judicatory was in this case as ambiguous as on any former occasion.
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 The Reformed Presbytery
This gave rise to a petition addressed to the supreme judicatory of the church.
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 The Reformed Presbytery
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 Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks
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 Hugh Binning
The terms of the merger will be presented to the judicatories next June for final ratification.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sure we are, there are many just grounds of suspicion and jealousy of general persons,367 who have chief trust in our armies and this the public judicatories are not ignorant of.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning
He may supply information, or give evidence, or encourage a healthy tone of public sentiment, or assist, by petition or remonstrance, in quickening the zeal of lukewarm judicatories.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by W. D. (William Dool) Killen
They seriously recommended a due regard hereunto in planting the vacancies, as judicatories would study the glory of God, the honor of God, and the edification of men.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
And our Saviour seems to insinuate, that the Jews had their inferior courts for inferior causes, superior judicatories for greater, in that gradation of his, Matt. v.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
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