[qua.si-ju.di.cial] adj (1836) 1: having a partly judicial character by possession of the right to hold hearings on and conduct investigations into disputed claims and alleged infractions of rules and regulations and to make decisions in the general manner of courts "~ bodies"
2: essentially judicial in character but not within the judicial power or function esp. as constitutionally defined "~ review" -- qua.si-ju.di.cial.ly adv