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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice;
- Example: "a judicial decision"

2. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge;
- Example: "judicial robes"

3. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge;
- Example: "judicial system"
[syn: judicial, juridical, juridic]

4. expressing careful judgment;
- Example: "discriminative censure"
- Example: "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
[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.] [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]
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]