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judiciary Definition

ju·di·ci·ary (jo̵̅o̅ dis̸h′ē er′ē; -dis̸h′ər ē, -ē ə rē)

adjective

of judges, law courts, or their functions

Etymology: L judiciarius < judicium, judgment, court of justice < judex: see judge

noun pl. -·ar′·ies

  1. the part of government whose work is the administration of justice
  2. a system of law courts
  3. judges collectively

judiciary Synonyms

judiciary

n.

judges, justices, bench, courts, assizes, tribunal, bar, judicature, courts of justice, criminal justice system, legal profession, members of the bar, judicial branch, interpreters of the law; see also court 2, jury.

judiciary Law Definition

n

  1. The court system.
  2. The branch of government in which judges serve.
  3. Collectively, the judges in a particular court system or in all court systems.
judiciary Usage Examples

Preposition: as

  • whole: The problem relates to individual appointments, rather than how the judiciary as a whole should be composed.

Converse of object

  • include: We supported the desire for common, interdisciplinary training and encouraged government to include the judiciary in their definition of interdisciplinary.
  • support: Our principal task is to provide the administrative, organizational and technical services required to support the judiciary in the delivery of justice.
  • have: Make no mistake we also have a good senior judiciary which is the envy of the world.
  • ensure: By nurturing a diverse legal profession today, we are ensuring a more diverse judiciary in the future.
  • strengthen: But Chavez and his supporters should now be taking steps to strengthen the judiciary.
  • establish: But he made a great point of separating military and civil office, and established a truly independent judiciary.

Adjective modifier

  • independent: There are free trade unions, an independent judiciary, no silly wearing of uniforms by the party leadership.
  • senior: Make no mistake we also have a good senior judiciary which is the envy of the world.
  • federal: In Canada, 26 % of the federal judiciary are women; with one-third of judges at provincial level.
  • diverse: I expect much of our work in the coming months to focus on making the judicial role better suited to a more diverse judiciary.
  • full-time: The total number of the full-time judiciary is currently 175.
  • English: Already, the English judiciary is receiving the most ambitious training program on the Human Rights Act ever undertaken.

Modifies a noun

  • committee: News, 26 July 2001 The judiciary committee of the US House of Representatives has voted by 18 to 11 to ban human cloning.
  • cannot: The head of the judiciary cannot answer or deal with such a point.
  • system: And it is very clear how this prejudice plays out in the judiciary system.
  • branch: Uruguay Oct. 99 To fix a percentage of the budget to fund the judiciary branch.

Noun used with modifier

  • senate: Has not been embedded operations channel speed brake at senate judiciary committee.
  • career: I think thatâs a 20 year project creating a career judiciary.
  • tribunal: Judges, magistrates and tribunal judiciary have contributed ' day in the life ' diaries.