judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
jü-ˈdi-shəl 
1
a
: of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary
judicial processes
judicial powers
b
: belonging to the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare executive, legislative
2
: ordered or enforced by a court
a judicial sale
3
: belonging or appropriate to a judge or the judiciary
judicial robes
judicial dignity
4
: of, characterized by, or expressing judgment : critical sense 2d
5
: arising from a judgment of God
Examples of judicial in a Sentence
the judicial branch of government
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The fight could continue up to the Supreme Court, where the Justices would then weigh in on a delineation of judicial versus executive powers and the limits therein.
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
But that law enforcement agency, established in principle to enforce judicial decisions, is housed under a U.S. attorney general appointed by the president.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
After all, judicial appointees in recent years are mostly textualists, and many of them originalists.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Today, however, the U.K.'s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court, sided unanimously with the For Women Scotland group — and overruled the earlier decision by the Scottish courts.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
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Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
But that law enforcement agency, established in principle to enforce judicial decisions, is housed under a U.S. attorney general appointed by the president.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
After all, judicial appointees in recent years are mostly textualists, and many of them originalists.
—Mary Katharine Ham, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
Today, however, the U.K.'s highest judicial body, the Supreme Court, sided unanimously with the For Women Scotland group — and overruled the earlier decision by the Scottish courts.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Judicial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judicial. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
ju̇-ˈdish-əl
1
: of or relating to courts or judges
2
: ordered or enforced by a court
a judicial decision
Legal Definition
judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
jü-ˈdi-shəl
1
a
: of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary
b
: of, relating to, or being the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare administrative sense 2, executive sense 1, legislative
2
: created, ordered, or enforced by a court
a judicial foreclosure
compare conventional sense 1, legal sense 2c
judicially
adverb
Etymology
Latin judicialis, from judicium judgment, from judic-, judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to determine, say
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