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sit in judgment

sit in judgment verb: to determine formally whether someone has done something wrong.

Verb

sit in judgment (third-person singular simple present sits in judgment, present participle sitting in judgment, simple past and past participle sat in judgment)

  1. To determine formally whether someone has done something wrong.
    • From Marbury through Fitzgerald, and beyond, this Court has consistently held that Article III courts cannot sit in judgment directly over the President’s official acts, whether before or after he leaves office. A fortiori, the courts cannot sit in criminal judgment over him and imprison him based...2024, Trump v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-939), Brief of petitioner

Forms of sit in judgment

third-person singular presentsits in judgment
present participlesitting in judgment
past participlesat in judgment
pastsat in judgment
alternative formsit in judgement

Questions about sit in judgment

What does sit in judgment mean?
Sit in judgment means to determine formally whether someone has done something wrong.
What part of speech is sit in judgment?
Sit in judgment is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit in judgment?
The past tense of sit in judgment is sat in judgment.

Words near sit in judgment in the dictionary

  1. sit for
  2. sit idly by
  3. sit in
  4. sit in for
  5. sit in judgement
  6. sit in judgment
  7. sit in on
  8. sit in the wheels
  9. sit in with
  10. sit loose
  11. sit loosely

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