judicial review

American  

[joo-dish-uhl ri-vyoo] / dʒuˈdɪʃ əl rɪˈvyu /

noun

1. the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.

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judicial review Cultural  

1. The principle by which courts can declare acts of either the executive branch or the legislative branch unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has exercised this power, for example, to revoke state laws that denied civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. (See also checks and balances.)

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Etymology

Origin of judicial review

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

It brings an end to the judicial review - a type of legal case where a judge reviews the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public authority.

From BBC

Burrows told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that Nesbitt has "weighed up the fact there is a judicial review and he has paused the participation of Northern Ireland in that UK trial".

From BBC

"We understand that following our lodging of a petition for judicial review that the captain and his deputy may have been removed from the ship along with 26 other crew members of various nationalities."

From BBC

In 2003, he sought a judicial review over the then government's refusal to publicly deny media reports that he was Stakeknife.

From BBC

Members of the European Parliament on Wednesday narrowly voted to send the bloc’s deal with Mercosur countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to the Court of Justice of the EU for a judicial review.

From The Wall Street Journal