juridical
/d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/
juridical adjective: pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
Adjective
juridical (not generally comparable, comparative more juridical, superlative most juridical)
- Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
- ...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience.1978, Michel Foucault, translated by Robert Hurley, The Will to Knowledge, Penguin, published 1998, page 85
- The influence of customary law on juridical practices is itself an index of the degree of popular ‘participation’ in the drafting of laws.2009, Alain de Benoist, The Problem of Democracy, trans. Sergio Knipe, Arktos Media Ltd. 2011, page 16
- Synonyms:
- judicatory, judicial, judiciary, juridic, juridicial, justiciary
juridical meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
juridical in Tamil
- வழக்கு மன்ற நடவடிக்கை சார்ந்த
juridical in Urdu
- عدالتی
juridical in Bengali
- মামলার শুনানি, বিচারসম্পর্কিত
Examples of juridical in a sentence
- During juridical days law courts are in session.
- For categorists, general principles 'express the essential qualities of juridical truth itself, in short of Law'.
- “Thinking justice,” as he calls it, should move beyond this juridical, restitutional, reparational politics of justice.
Synonyms of juridical
Forms of juridical
| comparative | more juridical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most juridical |
Origin of juridical
From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.
Words formed from juridical
Phrases with juridical
Questions about juridical
- What does juridical mean?
- Juridical means pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
- What is juridical in Tamil?
- Juridical in Tamil is வழக்கு மன்ற நடவடிக்கை சார்ந்த. See Juridical meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is juridical?
- Juridical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce juridical?
- Juridical is pronounced /d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/.
Words near juridical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: juridical (page history and authors); juridical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juridical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); juridical (Bengali 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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