judicial

C1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #14669

Meanings

1

adj
Relating to courts of law, judges, or the legal system.

The judicial system consists of a hierarchy of courts.
2

adj
Decided by or coming from a court of law.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · relating to courts of law,... juridical

More judicatory judiciaryjuridicjuridicialjusticiary

Opposites

extrajudicial injudicial nonjudicialnonjuridicalunjudicial

Word family

Forms judicially

Derived forms extrajudicial injudicialintrajudicialjudicarejudicialesejudicializationjudicializejudiciallyjudicialnessnonjudicialparajudicialpoliticojudicial

Related forms adjudgedadjudicatedjudge judiciary

Appears in

Phrases (4)

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judicial proceeding
a formal legal process conducted before a court

Adjective + noun
judicial review
examination by a court of a decision's legality or correctness

Adjective + noun
judicial torture
torture authorized within a legal system to obtain evidence or a confession

Adjective + noun
judicial writ
a formal written order issued by a court

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

iūdiciālis Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# judicial

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/
**Frequency rank:** 14669

## Meanings
1. Relating to courts of law, judges, or the legal system.
2. Decided by or coming from a court of law.

## Examples
- The judicial system consists of a hierarchy of courts.
- The defendant's sentence will be set by a judicial decision.

## Synonyms
- judicatory
- judiciary
- juridic
- juridical
- juridicial
- justiciary

## Antonyms
- extrajudicial
- injudicial
- nonjudicial
- nonjuridical
- unjudicial

## Derived Forms
- extrajudicial
- injudicial
- intrajudicial
- judicare
- judicialese
- judicialization
- judicialize
- judicially
- judicialness
- nonjudicial
- parajudicial
- politicojudicial

## Related Forms
- adjudged
- adjudicated
- judge
- judiciary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: iūdiciālis

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis.

## AI Etymology
Judicial is borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis. The historical chain includes iūdiciālis (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as extrajudicial, injudicial, intrajudicial, and judicare and related forms such as adjudged, adjudicated, and judge. In present use it covers relating to courts of law, judges, or the legal system and decided by or coming from a court of law.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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