judiciary

[ joo-dish-ee-er-ee, -dish-uh-ree ]

/ dʒuˈdɪʃ iˌɛr i, -ˈdɪʃ ə ri /

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noun, plural ju·di·ci·ar·ies.

the judicial branch of government.

the system of courts of justice in a country.

judges collectively.

adjective

pertaining to the judicial branch or system or to judges.

RELATED WORDS

tribunal, court, bench, bar, judicature

Nearby words

judicial conference, judicial restraint, judicial review, judicial separation, judicially, judiciary, judicious, judiciously, judith, judo, judogi

Origin of judiciary

1580–90; orig. adj. < Latin jūdiciārius of the law courts, equivalent to jūdici(um) judgment (see judge) + -ārius -ary

Related formsju·di·ci·ar·i·ly, adverbsub·ju·di·ci·ar·y, adjective, noun, plural sub·ju·di·ci·ar·ies.

Can be confusedjudicial judiciary judicious (see synonym study at judicious)

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Examples from the Web for judiciary

Sixteen have cleared the Judiciary Committee, 13 with unanimous support from members of both parties.
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An argument can be made that, because the judiciary has specific requirements, there is less competition for the posts.
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These are political issues that need to be resolved via the political process, not via the judiciary.
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On the Senate side, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy is sponsoring companion legislation.
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This is the latest example, he said, of the way the judiciary has been used to expand the repression of public criticism.
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There was no separate executive power to enforce, and no judiciary to interpret the laws.
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He was made chairman of the judiciary committee, the same place held by Judge Levi Woodbury in the convention of 1850.
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Mercer and Dickinson believed that this power should not be exercised by the judiciary.
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Yet the decision in that case had a saving clause, for it was not the unanimous voice of a Democratic judiciary.
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The appeals to the people, therefore, would usually be made by the executive and judiciary departments.
The Federalist Papers|Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

British Dictionary definitions for judiciary

judiciary

/ (dʒuːˈdɪʃɪərɪ, -ˈdɪʃərɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to courts of law, judgment, or judges

noun plural -aries

the branch of the central authority in a state concerned with the administration of justiceCompare executive (def. 2), legislature

the system of courts in a country

the judges collectively; bench

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Word Origin and History for judiciary

judiciary

adj.

"relating to courts," early 15c., from Latin iudiciarius "of or belonging to a court of justice," from iudicium "judgment," from iudicem (see judge (v.)). The noun meaning "a body of judges, judges collectively" is from 1802 (judicature was used in this sense from 1590s).

judiciary

noun, plural ju·di·ci·ar·ies.

adjective

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judiciary

adjective

noun plural -aries

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