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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The judicial branch of government.
  • noun A system of courts of law for the administration of justice.
  • noun The judges of these courts.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to courts of judicature or legal tribunals; judicial.
  • noun That branch of government which is concerned in the trial and determination of controversies between parties and of criminal prosecutions; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges taken collectively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial.
  • noun That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The court system and judges considered collectively, the judicial branch of government.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun persons who administer justice
  • noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably from Latin iūdiciārius, of the courts, from iūdicium, judgment, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see judge.]

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