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Judicial
Pronunciation : Ju*di"cial
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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