Definition of Judicial review

1. Noun. Review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court.

Generic synonyms: Review
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Judicial Review

judicatories
judicators
judicatory
judicature
judicatures
judicial
judicial activism
judicial admission
judicial branch
judicial day
judicial decision
judicial doctrine
judicial notice
judicial principle
judicial proceeding
judicial review (current term)
judicial sale
judicial separation
judicial system
judicial writ
judicialization
judicialize
judicialized
judicializes
judicializing
judicially
judiciaries
judiciary
judicious
judiciously

Literary usage of Judicial review

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1910)
"judicial review of Administrative Determinations. Though, as the foregoing cases show, the courts will not consent to exercise jurisdiction where their ..."

2. State Government in the United States by Arthur Norman Holcombe (1916)
"judicial review OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATION The power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation and to refuse to enforce that ..."

3. Readings on the Relation of Government to Property and Industry by Samuel Peter Orth (1915)
"Its conclusion of course is subject to review, but, when supported by evidence, is accepted as final." judicial review OF PUBLIC ..."

4. Readings on the Relation of Government to Property and Industry by Samuel Peter Orth (1915)
"Its conclusion of course is subject to review, but, when supported by evidence, is accepted as final." judicial review OF PUBLIC ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The action of the Postmaster-General was thus made conclusive, no provision being made for a judicial review. FRAUDS, Electoral. See ELECTORAL FRAUDS AND ..."

6. Principles of the Constitutional Law of the United States by Westel Woodbury Willoughby (1912)
"judicial review of administrative determinations Though, as the foregoing cases show, the courts will not consent to exercise jurisdiction where their ..."

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