judicatures

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.

   Synonyms:

   judgeship, bench, justiceship, justiciary

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