judicial

adj.

1. Law.
   1. Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice: the judicial system.
   2. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice: a judicial decision.
   3. Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge: in judicial robes.
2. Characterized by or expressing judgment: the judicial function of a literary critic.
3. Proceeding from a divine judgment.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin iūdiciālis, from iūdicium, judgment, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge.]

judicially ju·di'cial·ly adv.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Relating to the courts or belonging to the office of a judge; a term pertaining to the administration of justice, the courts, or a judge, as in judicial power.

A judicial act involves an exercise of discretion or an unbiased decision by a court or judge, as opposed to a ministerial, clerical, or routine procedure. A judicial act affects the rights of the parties or property brought before the court. It is the interpretation and application of the law to a particular set of facts contested by litigants in a court of law, resulting from discretion and based upon an evaluation of the evidence presented at a hearing.

Judicial connotes the power to punish, sentence, and resolve conflicts.

IN BRIEF: Relating to courts or judges.

Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968,) American civil rights leader, clergyman, youngest recipient of Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, from Strength to Love, 1963.

Common misspelling(s) of judicial

• judical

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - juridisk, retslig, rets-, doms-, dommer-, klar, skarp, upartisk

idioms:

• judicial separation    separation

Nederlands (Dutch)
gerechtelijk, rechterlijk, (ver)oordelend, neutraal, goddelijk

Français (French)
adj. - (Jur) judiciaire, juridique, légal

idioms:

• judicial separation    séparation légale

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gerichtlich, richterlich, kritisch, Justiz-

idioms:

• judicial separation    gerichtliche Trennung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δικαστικός, κριτικός, (ακριβο)δίκαιος

idioms:

• judicial separation    διαζύγιο

Italiano (Italian)
giudiziario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - judicial (Jur.), judiciário (Jur.), crítico, imparcial

Русский (Russian)
судебный, судейский, беспристрастный, скептический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - judicial, legal, sensato, crítico, imparcial, equitativo

idioms:

• judicial separation    separación matrimonial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - juridisk, rättslig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
法庭的, 审判上的, 公正的

idioms:

• judicial separation    别居, 司法裁定的分居, 法院判决的分居

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 法庭的, 審判上的, 公正的

idioms:

• judicial separation    別居, 司法裁定的分居, 法院判決的分居

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 재판의 , 공정한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 司法の, 裁判の, 裁判官の, 裁判官のような, 公正な, 天罰の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قضائي, عدلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮משפטי, שיפוטי, של שופט, ביקורתי, בלי משוא פנים, מתאים לשפיטה‬

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