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noun
The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: judicatory
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: judgeship, bench, judicature, justiceship, justiciary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: judiciary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the position of judge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: judgeship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
the act of meting out justice according to the law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: administration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: justice
noun
the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: judiciary, judicatory, judicial system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: system, scheme
Narrower terms: Federal Judiciary
noun
an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: court, tribunal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assembly
Narrower terms: court, lawcourt, court of law, court of justice, International Court of Justice, World Court, appellate court, appeals court, court of appeals, assizes, court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius, chancery, court of chancery, consistory, criminal court, divorce court, family court, domestic relations court, court of domestic relations, federal court, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, F.I.S.C., inferior court, lower court, Inquisition, juvenile court, kangaroo court, military court, moot court, police court, probate court, quarter sessions, Rota, Star Chamber, superior court, supreme court, state supreme court, high court, traffic court, trial court
History
From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
