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Definition of Judicatory
1. Noun. The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government.
Group relationships: Authorities, Government, Regime
Specialized synonyms: Federal Judiciary
Generic synonyms: Scheme, System
Definition of Judicatory
1. a. Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.
2. n. A court of justice; a tribunal.
Definition of Judicatory
1. Adjective. Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence. ¹
2. Adjective. By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical. ¹
3. Noun. (chiefly in Scotland) A court or tribunal ¹
4. Noun. judicature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Judicatory
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Judicatory
Literary usage of Judicatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"The renewal of the election every year, will provide, in case of necessity, the
gentlest and most decorous mode of ridding the judicatory of any member ..."
2. The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer of the Church by Joseph M. Wilson (1867)
"The said first section makes it the duty of every judicatory above a church
session, at least once a year, to review the records of the proceedings of the ..."
3. Songs of the Church, Or, Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship by Charles S. Robinson (1873)
"And yet tho judgment may appear to some of tho members of the judicatory, to be
contrary to Che Constitution of the Church, injurious to the interests of ..."
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