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judicature

UK/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/US/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/

judicature noun: the administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.

Noun

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

  1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
    Synonyms:
    judicatory
  2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
  3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
    • Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207
    Synonyms:
    judiciary

judicature meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

judicature in Tamil

துறை ஆட்சி, தீர்ப்புமுறை ஆட்சி, நடுவர் காலம், நீதித் துறையாட்சி

judicature in Urdu

judicature, jurisdiction
قضا qazā

judicature in Bengali

বিচার বিভাগ, বিচারকবর্গ, আদালত

judicature in Malayalam

ന്യായാധിപത്യം, കോടതി, വിചാരണസഭ
More languagesFewer languages
judicature in Tagalog
pagkahukom

Synonyms of judicature

All synonyms of judicature

Forms of judicature

pluraljudicatures

Origin of judicature

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

Questions about judicature

What does judicature mean?
Judicature means the administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
What is judicature in Tamil?
Judicature in Tamil is துறை ஆட்சி, தீர்ப்புமுறை ஆட்சி, நடுவர் காலம். See Judicature meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is judicature?
Judicature is a noun.
How do you pronounce judicature?
Judicature is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of judicature?
The plural of judicature is judicatures.

Words near judicature in the dictionary

  1. judicative
  2. judicator
  3. judicatories
  4. judicators
  5. judicatory
  6. judicature
  7. judicatures
  8. Judice
  9. judiciable
  10. judicial
  11. judicial activism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: judicature (page history and authors); judicature (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قضا (Urdu) (page history and authors); judicature (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicature (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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