judicial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒuˈdɪʃəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl
• Hyphenation: ju‧di‧cial

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. (Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

   judicial rent, judicial lease

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

Synonyms

• justiciary

Derived terms

• extrajudicial
• judicial astrology
• judicial factor
• judicial review
• judicial separation

 

Related terms

• judiciary
• judge

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
• Danish: retslig, juridisk
• Dutch: gerechtelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: jurisdikcia
• Finnish: oikeudellinen (fi)
• French: judiciaire (fr)
• Galician: xudicial
• Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo)
• German: gerichtlich (de), Justiz- (de)
• Greek: δικαστικός (el) (dikastikós)

• Hungarian: bírósági (hu), igazságügyi (hu), bírói (hu), bűnügyi (hu), jog- (hu)
• Ido: judiciala (io)
• Irish: breithiúnach
• Italian: giudiziale (it), giudiziario (it)
• Japanese: 司法の (ja) (しほうの, shihō no)
• Kabuverdianu: judisial
• Latin: iūdiciālis
• Macedonian: судски m (sudski)
• Occitan: judiciari
• Old English: dōmlīċ
• Portuguese: judiciário (pt)
• Russian: суде́бный (ru) (sudébnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dligheil
• Spanish: judicial (es)
• Swedish: rättslig (sv), juridisk (sv), judiciell (sv)
• 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.

   Synonym: judiciary

Translations

branch of government responsible for administration of justice

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

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ʒu.di.siˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒu.di.siˈal/

Adjective

judicial (masculine and feminine plural judicials)

1. judicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicial
• judicialment

Related terms

• judici
• jutge
• jutjar

Further reading

• “judicial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “judicial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “judicial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “judicial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒudiˈsjaw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuðiˈsjaɫ/

Adjective

judicial m or f (plural judiciais, comparable)

1. judicial

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:judicial.

Derived terms

• extrajudicial
• judicialmente

Related terms

• judiciário
• juízo
• juiz
• julgar

Further reading

• “judicial” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “judicial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /xudiˈθjal/, [xuðiˈθjal]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /xudiˈsjal/, [xuðiˈsjal]

Adjective

judicial (plural judiciales)

1. judicial

Derived terms

• decreto judicial
• extrajudicial

 

Related terms

• juicio
• juez
• juzgar

Further reading

• “judicial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.