judiciary
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
- the part of government whose work is the administration of justice
- a system of law courts
- judges collectively
judiciary
Synonyms
judiciary
n.
judiciary
Law Definition
n
- The court system.
- The branch of government in which judges serve.
- 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
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