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1. | [ adjective ] (law) decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice | |
Examples: | "a judicial decision" |
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Related terms: | legal | |
2. | [ adjective ] (law) belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge | |
Examples: | "judicial robes" |
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Related terms: | judge | |
3. | [ adjective ] (law) relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge | |
Synonyms: | juridic juridical | |
Examples: | "judicial system" |
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Related terms: | justice justice justice | |
4. | [ adjective ] expressing careful judgment | |
Synonyms: | discriminative | |
Examples: | "discriminative censure" "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett |
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Related terms: | critical | |
Similar spelling: |
judicially Judaical judically |