JUDICIAL

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~is, from judicium judgment, from judex Date: 14th century 1. of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary , belonging to the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction, ordered or enforced by a court , of, characterized by, or expressing judgment ; critical 1b, arising from a judgment of God, belonging or appropriate to a judge or the judiciary, ~ly adverb