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juristocracy

juristocracy noun: rule or government by the judiciary or court system.

Noun

juristocracy (plural juristocracies)

  1. Rule or government by the judiciary or court system.
    • Does that not imply that a court charged with the application of rights assumes the role of a superlegislature, transforming liberal democracies into juristocracies?2012, Matthias Klatt, Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy, page 205
    • The era of juristocracy carries with it certain obligations by the judiciary.2020 July 10, Key Dingake, “Reflections on Malawi's 2019 elections court decisions”, in Mmegi

Forms of juristocracy

pluraljuristocracies

Questions about juristocracy

What does juristocracy mean?
Juristocracy means rule or government by the judiciary or court system.
What part of speech is juristocracy?
Juristocracy is a noun.
What is the plural of juristocracy?
The plural of juristocracy is juristocracies.

Words near juristocracy in the dictionary

  1. juristic persons
  2. juristical
  3. juristically
  4. juristics
  5. juristocracies
  6. juristocracy
  7. jurists
  8. jurkat
  9. Jurkat cell
  10. Jurkat cells
  11. jurkats

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