How do you pronounce judicial?

The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/.

judicial

/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: ju-di-cial
IPA: /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the administration of justice.

adj

Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government.

adj

specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881

adj

Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges.

adj

Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).

noun

That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits."
"judicial rent, judicial lease"

Etymology

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law.

Inflected Forms

more judicial (comparative) most judicial (superlative)

Derived Forms

extrajudicial injudicial intrajudicial judicare judicialese judicialization judicialize judicially judicialness nonjudicial parajudicial politicojudicial

Phrases

extract from the judicial record judicial activism judicial astrology judicial conference judicial day judicial factor judicial notice judicial officer

Frequently Paired Words

adjudged adjudicated judge judiciary juridicial

Synonyms

justiciary judiciary bench judicature judicial judicial branch judicatory juridic juridical juridicial

Antonyms

extrajudicial injudicial nonjudicial nonjuridical unjudicial

Rhymes With

official initial artificial beneficial unofficial superficial sacrificial interstitial prejudicial fishel mischel rishel