| 单词 | judicial review |
| 释义 | judicial reviewnounthe power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official. Origin of judicial reviewFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby judicial reviewjudicial activism, judicial branch, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, judicial conference, judicial restraint, judicial review, judicial separation, judiciary, judicious, Judith, judo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for judicial reviewjudicial review The principle by which courts can declare acts of either the executive branch or the legislative branch unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has exercised this power, for example, to revoke state laws that denied civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution. (See also checks and balances.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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