judicial

[ joo-dish-uhl ]

/ dʒuˈdɪʃ əl /

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adjective

pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.

pertaining to courts of law or to judges; judiciary: judicial functions.

of or relating to a judge; proper to the character of a judge; judgelike: judicial gravity.

inclined to make or give judgments; critical; discriminating: a judicial mind.

decreed, sanctioned, or enforced by a court: a judicial decision.

giving or seeking judgment, as in a dispute or contest; determinative: a judicial duel over lands.

inflicted by God as a judgment or punishment.

OTHER WORDS FOR judicial

1, 2 juridical.

2 forensic.

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Origin of judicial

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin jūdiciālis of the law courts, equivalent to jūdici(um) judgment (see judge, -ium) + -ālis-al¹

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4. See judicious.

OTHER WORDS FROM judicial

ju·di·cial·ly, adverbju·di·cial·ness, nounnon·ju·di·cial, adjectivenon·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb

sem·i·ju·di·cial, adjectivesem·i·ju·di·cial·ly, adverbsub·ju·di·cial, adjectivesub·ju·di·cial·ly, adverbsu·per·ju·di·cial, adjectivesu·per·ju·di·cial·ly, adverbun·ju·di·cial, adjectiveun·ju·di·cial·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH judicial

judicial , judiciary, judicious (see synonym study at judicious)

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How to use judicial in a sentence

Republicans have claimed that Barrett is not as hardline conservative, not as big a threat to women’s reproductive rights as her judicial and personal history suggests.
Sonia Syngal is trying to build The Gap into a bolder brand|Claire Zillman, reporter|October 27, 2020|Fortune
You’re pushing me to try to violate the judicial canon of ethics and to offer advisory opinions, and I won’t do that.
Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court|Chris Johnson|October 27, 2020|Washington Blade
Voters kicked him out in 2018 in the county’s only contested judicial race.
Politics Report: Faulconer Positions Big Move for Lame Duck Season|Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis|October 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Their concerns point to Barrett’s judicial history of supporting anti-LGBTQ and pro-life policy, as well as opposing the Affordable Care Act.
Senate Judiciary Committee Decides To Move Forward With Amy Coney Barrett Nomination|Kirsten West Savali|October 22, 2020|Essence.com

Nelly Decker, Warner’s press secretary, said the senator welcomes his constituents to share their thoughts on judicial reform.
Warner: Amy Coney Barrett confirmation will leave LGBTQ rights ‘up for grabs’|Parker Purifoy|October 22, 2020|Washington Blade
But highest profile does not mean most judicially meritorious.
Supreme Court to Gay-Marriage Foes: Get Lost|Jay Michaelson|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We would not have Lawrence v. Texas and the threat of judicially imposed definitions of marriage.
What if Bork Hadn't Been Borked?|Justin Green|December 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A sort of constitutionally prescribed (and thus judicially determined) minimum wage.
Scalia Reverses Scalia|Noah Kristula-Green|July 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Today the court reaffirmed the traditional view that there must be a judicially-enforceable limit on the powers of Congress.
Is the Supreme Court’s Health-Care Ruling a Turning Point in Constitutional Law?|Randy Barnett|June 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Take the media-convicted but never judicially accused parents of JonBenét Ramsey.
Blago on the Offensive|Dan Abrams|January 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
After a patent is thus judicially established injunctions are readily granted against all infringers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The price of wheat is now known: it has been judicially fixed, at least in Scotland.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850|Various
For quite a long time Stanton lay and considered the matter judicially from every possible point of view.
Molly Make-Believe|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
"They got their bellies full o' fightin' yesterday," added Shorty, studying the array judicially.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
"I'd want it a heap sight better land than this is 'round here," said the Deacon, studying the land scape judicially.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for judicial

judicial

/ (dʒuːˈdɪʃəl) /

adjective

of or relating to the administration of justice

of or relating to judgment in a court of law or to a judge exercising this function

inclined to pass judgment; discriminating

allowed or enforced by a court of lawa decree of judicial separation

having qualities appropriate to a judge

giving or seeking judgment, esp determining or seeking determination of a contested issue

Derived forms of judicial

judicially, adverb

Word Origin for judicial

C14: from Latin jūdiciālis belonging to the law courts, from jūdicium judgment, from jūdex a judge

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