Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Judicature"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Judicature \Ju"di*ca*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL.
judicatura.]
1. The state or profession of those employed in the
administration of justice; also, the dispensing or
administration of justice.

The honor of the judges in their judicature is the
king's honor. --Bacon.

2. A court of justice; a judicatory. --South.

3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent
jurisdiction of a judge or court.

Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for
that was not his office, but the morality, of
divorce. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

judicature
n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct
judicial business [syn: {court}, {tribunal}]
2: the system of law courts that administer justice and
constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: {judiciary},
{judicatory}, {judicial system}]
3: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and
assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is
justice denied" [syn: {justice}]
4: the position of judge [syn: {judgship}, {judgeship}]


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