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The act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments
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judicature
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The administration of justice by judge and court. 2 The position or status of a judge. 3 The jurisdiction of a court. 4 A court, or other assembly that conducts judicial business. 5 A system of such courts.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from Medieval Latin iudicatura , from iudicat- , past participle stem of Latin iudicare "to judge" (see judge (v.)).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Judicature \Ju"di*ca*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL. judicatura.] The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice. The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: court , tribunal ] the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: judiciary , judicatory , judicial system ] the administration ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The effect of the Judicature Acts Now, what have the judicature Acts 1873 and 1875 done? ▪ The passage of the judicature Act tempted some people to think that damages might now be obtained for innocent misrepresentation.
Usage examples of judicature.
And, lest the expense or trouble of a journey to court should discourage suitors, and make them acquiesce in the decision of the inferior judicatures, itinerant judges were afterwards established, who made their circuits throughout the kingdom, and tried all causes that were brought before them.
But this is not the whole evil: this new class, with its unnatural preponderance, is a class hostile to the institutions of the country, hostile to the union of Church and State, hostile to the House of Lords, to the constitutional power of the Crown, to the existing system of provincial judicature.
When this was done, the Prince gave order that the Lord Mayor and aldermen of Mansoul should call a court of judicature for the trial and execution of the Diabolonians in the corporation now under the charge of Mr.
For the Civill Soveraignty, and supreme Judicature in controversies of Manners, are the same thing: And the Makers of Civill Laws, are not only Declarers, but also Makers of the justice, and injustice of actions.
Seeing that the nation did not interest themselves much for their recall, they began to fear that the new judicatures proposed in their place would be established and that their own suppression would be perpetual.