judicial

Adjective
Synonyms: juridicaljuridicdiscriminative

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  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”Synonyms: juridicaljuridic
  4. expressing careful judgment“discriminative censure”“a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose — Tyler Dennett”Synonyms: discriminative
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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