judiciary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iudiciarius, judiciarius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃɪɛɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

judiciary (plural judiciaries)

1. The collective body of judges, justices, etc.

   Synonyms: judicature, justiciary, the judicial branch; see also Thesaurus:judicature

3. The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
   • 2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina‎^[1]:

     Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.

   • 2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic:

     Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.

Derived terms

• antijudiciary

Related terms

• adjudication
• adjudicatory
• judge
• judicator
• judicatory
• judicial

Translations

the collective body of judges, justices, etc.

• Catalan: judicatura f
• Finnish: tuomarikunta
• German: Richterschaft f
• Polish: judykatywa (pl) f, sądownictwo (pl) n
• Swedish: rättsväsende (sv) n

the court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.

• Finnish: oikeuslaitos (fi)
• German: Gerichtswesen (de) n, Rechtswesen (de) n, Justizwesen (de) n, Justizsystem (de) n, Justiz (de) f
• Polish: sądownictwo (pl) n
• Swedish: rättsväsende (sv) n

the judicial branch of government

• Dutch: rechterlijke macht (nl) f or m
• Finnish: oikeuslaitos (fi)
• Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo), სასამართლო სისტემა (sasamartlo sisṭema), სასამართლო წყობილება (sasamartlo c̣q̇obileba), სასამართლო ხელისუფლება (sasamartlo xelisupleba)
• German: Judikative (de) f, richterliche Gewalt im Staat f, Justiz (de) f
• Hindi: न्यायपालिका f (nyāypālikā)
• Khmer: តុលាការ (km) (to’laakaa)
• Macedonian: правосу́дство n (pravosúdstvo), судство n (sudstvo)
• Malay: badan kehakiman
• Polish: judykatura f, judykatywa (pl) f, władza sądownicza f
• Russian: суде́бная власть f (sudébnaja vlastʹ)
• Swedish: dömande makt c
• Tamil: நீதித்துறை (nītittuṟai)
• Ukrainian: судова влада f (sudova vlada)

Adjective

judiciary (not comparable)

1. Judicial.

   Synonyms: justiciary; see also Thesaurus:judicial

Derived terms

• judiciarily
• judiciary astrology