judicial
adjective /dʒuˈdɪʃl/
/dʒuˈdɪʃl/
[usually before noun]- connected with a court, a judge or legal judgement
- judicial powers
- the judicial process/system
- Greenpeace applied for a judicial review to challenge the court’s decision.
- The Supreme Court ordered a judicial inquiry into the deaths.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJudicial is used with these nouns:- appointment
- approval
- authority
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin judicialis, from judicium ‘judgement’, from judex, judic-, from jus ‘law’ + dicere ‘to say’.