judicial

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   expressing careful judgment

   The decision is important and must be made in a judicial way.

2. 2
   adj

   decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice

   The defendant's sentence will be determined by a judicial decision.

3. 3
   adj

   relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

   The judicial system consists of a hierarchy of courts.

4. 4
   adj

   belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

   Their judicial robes signify their high office.

5. 5
   adj

   Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

   It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

6. 6
   adj

   specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

   judicial rent, judicial lease

7. 7
   adj

   Of or relating to the administration of justice.

8. 8
   adj

   Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.