[syn: discriminative, judicial]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Judicial \Ju*di"cial\, a. [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment,
fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.]
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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.
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Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was
abrogated. --Milton.
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2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial
mind; judicial temperament.
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3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from
legislative, administrative, or executive. See
Executive.
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4. Judicious. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
judicial
adj 1: decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a
judicial decision"
2: belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial
robes"
3: relating to the administration of justice or the function of
a judge; "judicial system" [syn: judicial, juridical,
juridic]
4: expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a
biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler
Dennett [syn: discriminative, judicial]