Thesaurus: judicial

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1. a. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.
2. a. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
3. a. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
4. a. Judicious.
5. adj. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice
6. adj. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
7. adj. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
8. adj. expressing careful judgment
9. 1. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. "Judicial massacres." Macaulay. Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was abrogated. Milton. 2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind. 3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive. 4. Judicious. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
10. j:100 s. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice a. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge a. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge