'Judicial' definitions:
Definition of 'judicial'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision"
adjective
Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial robes"
adjective
Relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system" [syn: judicial, juridical, juridic]
adjective
Expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett [syn: discriminative, judicial]
Definition of 'Judicial'
From: GCIDE
- Judicial \Ju*di"cial\, a. [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. "Judicial massacres." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was abrogated. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind; judicial temperament. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Judicious. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'judicial'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actionable,
- analytical,
- applicable,
- authorized,
- careful,
- circumspect,
- competent,
- considerate,
- constitutional,
- critical,
- curial,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- discriminatory,
- distinguishing,
- enlightened,
- fair,
- forensic,
- impartial,
- judgmatic,
- judgmental,
- judicative,
- judicatorial,
- judicatory,
- judiciary,
- judicious,
- juridic,
- juridical,
- jurisdictional,
- jurisdictive,
- juristic,
- just,
- justiciable,
- keen,
- kosher,
- lawful,
- lawmaking,
- legal,
- legislative,
- legit,
- legitimate,
- licit,
- magisterial,
- official,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- rightful,
- sanctioned,
- sharp,
- statutory,
- thoughtful,
- tribunal,
- valid,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- within the law
Words containing 'Judicial'
- Judicially,
- Judicious,
- Judiciously,
- Judiciousness,
- Judicial separation,
- judicial activism,
- judicial admission,
- judicial branch,
- judicial decision,
- judicial doctrine,
- judicial principle,
- judicial proceeding,
- judicial process,
- judicial review,
- judicial sale,
- judicial system,
- judicial torture,
- judicial writ,
- recall of judicial decisions