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 m, f ‎(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 m, f ‎(plural judiciales)

1. judicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicial