Hypertext Webster Gateway: "judicatory"

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

Judicatory \Ju"di*ca*to*ry\, a. [L. judicatorius.]
Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing
justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. --T. Wharton.

Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.
--Bp. Hall.

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

Judicatory \Ju"di*ca*to*ry\ (277), n. [L. judicatorium.]
1. A court of justice; a tribunal. --Milton.

2. Administration of justice.

The supreme court of judicatory. --Clarendon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

judicatory
n : the system of law courts that administer justice and
constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: {judiciary},
{judicature}, {judicial system}]


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