-_kəˌtōrē noun
( -es )
Etymology: Medieval Latin judicatorium court of law, from Latin judicatus (past participle of judicare ) + -orium -ory
1. : judiciary 1a
evidence in the Saxon Judicatory sometimes consisted in the … testimony of the fact itself — Nathaniel Bacon
2. : judicature 2
the treaties of the United States had been … put in execution by state judicatories — Alexander Hamilton
3. : one of the four governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church
the General Assembly is the highest judicatory of this Church — Constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
— compare general assembly , presbytery , session , synod