judicial

English

Etymology

From Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dʒuˈdɪʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

judicial (comparative more judicial, superlative most judicial)

1. Of or relating to the administration of justice.
2. Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.
   • 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     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.

3. Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.

Synonyms

• justiciary

Derived terms

• judicial astrology
• judicial review

Translations

of or relating to a court of law

• Armenian: դատական (hy) (datakan)
• Asturian: xudicial
• Catalan: judicial (ca), judiciari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司法 (zh) (sīfǎ)

• Czech: soudní (cs) c
• Dutch: gerechtelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: jurisdikcia
• Finnish: oikeudellinen (fi)
• French: judiciaire (fr)
• Galician: xudicial
• German: gerichtlich (de), Justiz- (de)
• Greek: δικαστικός (el) (dikastikós)

• Ido: judiciala (io)
• Irish:

  Old Irish: brethamail

• Italian: giudiziale, giudiziario (it)
• Japanese: 司法の (ja) (しほうの, shihō no)
• Macedonian: судски m (súdski)
• Occitan: judiciari
• Portuguese: judiciário (pt)
• Russian: суде́бный (ru) (sudébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dligheil
• Spanish: judicial (es)
• Turkish: adli (tr)

Noun

judicial (uncountable)

1. That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

Translations

branch of government responsible for administration of justice

• Finnish: oikeuslaitos (fi)
• Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo), სასამართლო ხელისუფლება (sasamartlo xelisupleba)

• Macedonian: судски (súdski)
• Navajo: hwoldii biłhazʼą́ą́jí

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Catalan

Adjective

judicial (masculine and feminine plural judicials)

1. judicial

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Portuguese

Adjective

judicial m, f (plural judiciais, comparable)

1. judicial

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:judicial.

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Spanish

Adjective

judicial (plural judiciales)

1. judicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicial