juridical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the administration of justice.
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of or relating to law or jurisprudence; legal.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of juridical
1495–1505; < Latin jūridic ( us ) ( jūri-, combining form of jūs law + dic-, base of dīcere to say, dictate ) + -al 1
Explanation
If you decide you're interested in a juridical career, it means that you want a job working as a judge or a lawyer. Use the adjective juridical to describe something that's connected to the law. You could describe a defendant in a trial as having a juridical advantage if all the evidence presented seems to be in her favor; the juridical result might be that a jury finds her not guilty. The Latin root of juridical is iuridicalis, or "pertaining to justice," which in turn comes from ius, "right or law," and dicere, "to speak."
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Example Sentences
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Maurizio Veglio, a lawyer with the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration, called the new fast-track procedures “an attack on the right to receive asylum.”
From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023
Juridical truth was equated with the transcendental nature of the leader.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2022
A respected professor of international law, former dean of the faculty of Juridical and Political Sciences at University of Yaoundé II, and former chairman and special rapporteur of the U.N.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019
“Cancer is the next H.I.V./AIDS issue, and the fight has only begun,” said Shamnad Basheer, a professor of law at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences in Kolkata.
From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2013
During the existence of the Knickerbocker Magazine, before its decadence, he contributed to its pages a series of valuable articles on "Butler's Horae Juridical," and on "The Revolution of 1688."
From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice
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