judicial

judicial

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/
  • 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.
  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.
  5. Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

  • justiciary

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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

See also

  • juridicial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒu.ði.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒu.ði.siˈal]

Adjective

judicial m or f (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, 2025
  • “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.

Galician

Adjective

judicial m or f (plural judiciais, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xudicial

References

  • “judicial” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

judicial m or f (plural judiciais)

  1. judicial

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “judicial”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  • “judicial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /xudiˈθjal/ [xu.ð̞iˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /xudiˈsjal/ [xu.ð̞iˈsjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ju‧di‧cial

Adjective

judicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural judiciales)

  1. judicial

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “judicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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