judicial
//d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl//
formalForms
- Comparative
- more judicial
- Superlative
- most judicial
Definitions
1.Of or relating to the administration of justice.
2.Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
3.Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
4.Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
1.That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4147
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *-u
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu
Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos
Proto-Italic *jowos
Latin iūs
Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s