judicial
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Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
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judicial (comparative more judicial, superlative most judicial)
- Of or relating to the administration of justice.
- 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.
- (Ireland, historical) specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881
- Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.
- Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
Usage notes edit
Many editors maintain a differentiation between judicial and judicious and believe that writers should not confuse judicial (having to do with justice and judiciary systems) with judicious (showing good judgment), so for example judicious use of X (i.e. wisely chosen) is not interchangeable with judicial use of X (i.e. by the courts). Meanwhile, the word juridical is not well differentiated in meaning from judicial, the two having substantial semantic overlap.
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judicial (uncountable)
- That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
- Synonym: judiciary
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
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judicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural judicials)
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Further reading edit
- “judicial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “judicial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Portuguese edit
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Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
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judicial m or f (plural judiciais)
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:judicial.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.
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- IPA(key): (Spain) /xudiˈθjal/ [xu.ð̞iˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /xudiˈsjal/ [xu.ð̞iˈsjal]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ju‧di‧cial
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judicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural judiciales)
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- “judicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014