judicial

judicial is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.
2. adjective. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
3. adjective. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
4. adjective. Judicious.
5. adjective. expressing careful judgment-Tyler Dennett

   "discriminative censure"

   "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"

   Synonyms: discriminative

6. adjective. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice

   "a judicial decision"

7. adjective. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

   "judicial system"

   Synonyms: juridic, juridical

8. adjective. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

   "judicial robes"

Synonyms

discriminative, juridic, juridical

Common word forms

judicially, judiciality, judicialize, judicialness

Words from these letters

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