单词 | judicative |
释义 | judicativeadj. Originally Scottish. 1. Of, relating to, or of the nature of judgement; having the function of making a judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [adjective] > relating to faculty judicativec1485 judgemental1834 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxxvi. 115 The jugement of a man folowis his corps; ffor quhy, efter as the man is of better nature..sa is his vertu judicatiue mare worthy. 1657 A. Farindon XXX. Serm. ii. 120 It arises from some defect in the judicative faculty. a1684 R. Leighton Wks. (1808) V. 150 The understanding exercises itself in two things; it hath a discursive operation and a judicative. 1772 tr. Bébescourt Truth I. vii. 171 The Mind..Tastes, by its faculty judicative of the merit of each object. 1845 Amer. Rev. June 620/2 Our notice..will be kept to the letter of our own critical canon—expositive, not judicative. 1943 J. Maritain Educ. at Crossroads ii. iii. 57 Our quadrivium would concern the knowing and rational activity, the intuitive and judicative activity of the mind. 2000 L. Bellantoni Moral Progress 77 Contemporary neurobiological investigations..depict biological processes as playing a larger role in judicative activities than has previously been acknowledged. 2. Of or relating to the administration of justice; having the function of judging cases; judicial. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > [adjective] judiciala1325 justicial1477 juridical1502 judicative1527 justiciary1581 judicious1608 jural1635 1527 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1862) III. 249 All maner of actionis criminell and ciuill..[they are] to..discus..and thair in till dew executioun and justice to mak alsweill executife as judicative. a1586 De Regimine Principum 226 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 122 Quhen dome is gevin and richtwous iudgement Quhilkis clarkis callis iustice iudicatiue. 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie i. vi. 31 It hath a power Judicative, (or if you will Juridicall,) but not Legislative. a1681 H. Burton Disc. (1685) II. 604 For the Magistrate, it is a necessary and excellent Qualification of him, both in his Legislative and Judicative Capacity. 1752 D. Hume Polit. Disc. xii. 290 The senate possesses all the judicative authority of the house of lords. 1767 A. Ferguson Ess. Hist. Civil Society iii. vi. 247 They dispense, at one time, with what they enacted at another; and in their judicative, perhaps even more than in their legislative, capacity, are guided by passions and partialities. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 200 They were thus exclusively vested with the judicative power. 1860 Cardross Case (Gen. Assembly Free Church Scotl.) 42 The kirk-session is not amenable to the Civil Court for what was done in their judicative capacity. 1910 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 276 They defined clearly the legislative and executive and judicative functions of the nascent government. 1993 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 June 12 The treaty would give the North an international legal personality, its own executive, legislative and judicative powers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1485 |
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