judicial

UK/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/US/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/

adjectiveC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,251 of 15,258mostly written

Judicial means to do with courts and the judging of cases. A judicial review, judicial independence.

Judicial review is the process by which a court examines a decision of government. Judicial independence means judges cannot be removed for deciding against whoever appointed them.

Definitions of judicial

1adjectivejudicialTo do with courts and the judging of cases.C1
“The judicial review took the whole decision apart in nine pages.”

judicial is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin
iūdiciālis
English, today
judicial

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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judicial in the wild

Precedent is a judicial decision that serves as an authority for courts when deciding subsequent identical or similar cases.
Precedent
Today, in some jurisdictions, a magistrate is a judicial officer who hears cases in a lower court, and typically deals with more minor or preliminary matters.
Magistrate
High sheriffs are the monarch's judicial representative in an area.
Ceremonial counties of England
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court (or "Maine SJC") is the highest court in the state of Maine's judicial system.
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Supreme Court served to confirm the inferred constitutional authority for judicial review in the United States.
Judicial review in the United States

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