Definition of judicial Judicial

/ʤudɪˈʃʌl/ - [judishul] - ju•di•cial

We found 12 definitions of judicial from 5 different sources.

What does judicial mean?

Adjective
judicial - relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system"
		juridical, juridic
judicial - decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision"
		legal allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver"
judicial - belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial robes"
judicial - expressing careful judgment; "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
		discriminative
		critical marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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judicial (Noun)
That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.
judicial (Adjective)
Of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice.

judicial (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.
judicial (a.)
Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
judicial (a.)
Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
judicial (a.)
Judicious.

judicial
Relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge.

judicial
jōō-dish′al, adj. pertaining to a judge or court of justice: established by statute.—adv. Judic′ially.—Judicial Committee, an offshoot of the Privy Council, forming a court of appeal; Judicial factor, in Scotland, an administrator appointed by the courts to manage the estate of some one under some imperfection; Judicial separation, the separation of two married persons by order of the Divorce Court. [L. judicialis—judicium.]