decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

judicial

sample sentences

"a judicial decision"

expressing careful judgment
<adj.all>

discriminative

judicial

sample sentences

"discriminative censure"
"a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett

relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
<adj.pert>

judicial

juridic

juridical

sample sentences

"judicial system"

belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
<adj.pert>

judicial

sample sentences

"judicial robes"

an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court)
<noun.cognition>

broad interpretation

judicial activism

(law) an agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record
<noun.communication>

judicial admission

stipulation

sample sentences

"a stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay"

the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice
<noun.group>

judicial branch

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

judgement

judgment

judicial decision

(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
<noun.cognition>

judicial doctrine

judicial principle

legal principle

(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
<noun.cognition>

judicial doctrine

judicial principle

legal principle

a legal proceeding in a court; a judicial contest to determine and enforce legal rights
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

judicial proceeding

litigation

review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court
<noun.act>

judicial review

a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

execution sale

forced sale

judicial sale

sheriff's sale

a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
<noun.communication>

judicial separation

legal separation

the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
<noun.group>

judicatory

judicature

judicial system

judiciary

torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials
<noun.act>

judicial torture

sample sentences

"the English renounced judicial torture in 1640"

(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

judicial writ

writ

in a judicial manner
<adv.all>

judicially

sample sentences

"judicially controlled process"

as ordered by a court
<adv.all>

judicially

persons who administer justice
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bench

judiciary

the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
<noun.group>

judicatory

judicature

judicial system

judiciary

marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

heady

judicious

wise

sample sentences

"judicious use of one's money"
"a wise decision"

in a judicious manner
<adv.all>

judiciously

sample sentences

"let's use these intelligence tests judiciously"

the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating
<noun.attribute>

judiciousness

sagaciousness

sagacity

good judgment
<noun.cognition>

judiciousness

a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan
<noun.act>

judo

a large bottle with a narrow mouth
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

jug

the quantity contained in a jug
<noun.quantity>

jug

jugful

stew in an earthenware jug
<verb.change>

jug

sample sentences

"jug the rabbit"

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

gaol

immure

imprison

incarcerate

jail

jug

lag

put away

put behind bars

remand

sample sentences

"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"

a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
<noun.group>

jug band

inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs
<noun.food>

jug wine

the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cheekbone

jugal bone

malar

malar bone

os zygomaticum

zygomatic

zygomatic bone

the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone
<noun.body>

jugal point

jugale

the craniometric point at the union of the frontal and temporal processes of the zygomatic bone
<noun.body>

jugal point

jugale

the quantity contained in a jug
<noun.quantity>

jug

jugful

a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
<noun.person>

juggernaut

steamroller

throwing and catching several objects simultaneously
<noun.act>

juggle

juggling

the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression
<noun.act>

juggle

juggling