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Definition of Judicature
1. Noun. An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Specialized synonyms: Court, Court Of Justice, Court Of Law, Lawcourt, International Court Of Justice, World Court, Appeals Court, Appellate Court, Court Of Appeals, Assizes, Court Of Assize, Court Of Assize And Nisi Prius, Chancery, Court Of Chancery, Consistory, Criminal Court, Divorce Court, Court Of Domestic Relations, Domestic Relations Court, Family Court, Federal Court, F.i.s.c., Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Inferior Court, Lower Court, Inquisition, Juvenile Court, Kangaroo Court, Military Court, Moot Court, Police Court, Probate Court, Quarter Sessions, Rota, Star Chamber, Superior Court, High Court, State Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Traffic Court, Trial Court
Generic synonyms: Assembly
Terms within: Bench
Member holonyms: Jury
2. 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
3. Noun. The act of meting out justice according to the law.
4. Noun. The position of judge.
Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Judge, Judge
Definition of Judicature
1. n. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.
Definition of Judicature
1. Noun. The administration of justice by judges and courts. ¹
2. Noun. The position or status of a judge. ¹
3. Noun. The jurisdiction of a court. ¹
4. Noun. A court, or other assembly that conducts judicial business. ¹
5. Noun. A system of such courts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Judicature
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Judicature
Literary usage of Judicature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"l As the result of that report was enacted the Supreme Court of judicature Act,*
1873, which provided that "the High Court of Chancery of England, ..."
2. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"It did not allow an appeal from a refusal to grant a new trial.2 The judicature
Acts have simplified the law. Proceedings in error, whether on bills of ..."
3. The King's Peace: A Historical Sketch of the English Law Courts by Frederick Andrew Inderwick (1895)
"2 The first judicature Act was passed in 1873 to come into operation in 1874.
... In that year the second judicature Act was passed, and in Michaelmas term ..."
4. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"We may now consider the effect of the judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, upon the
jurisdictions with which we have dealt. SECTION II THE SUPREME COURT OF ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debatesby Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1825)
"WELCH judicature.] Lord Catador rose to move certain resolutions relative to the
administration of Justice in Wales. It had been, he said, ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"The constitutional question of the judicature thus raised still remained.
Wentworth boldly as that in questions of judicature, as in matters of legislature, ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... which declares: "No judge or justice of any court, no ordinary, justice of
the peace, nor presiding officer of any inferior judicature or commission, ..."
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