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judicatory

[ joo-di-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary:

    judicatory power.



noun

plural judicatories.
  1. a court of law and justice; tribunal; judiciary.
  2. the administration of justice.

judicatory

/ ˈːɪəəɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the administration of justice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a court of law
  2. the administration of justice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܻ徱ˈٴǰ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDz·d··ٴr adjective noun plural nonjudicatories
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of judicatory1

1565–75; (noun) < Medieval Latin ū徱ōܳ law court, equivalent to ū徱 ( re ) to judge + -ōܳ -tory 2; (adj.) < Late Latin ū徱tōrius, equivalent to ū徱 ( re ) + -ōܲ -tory 1
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Too often people and judicatories assume that if one of us is paid, it’s unfair to pay the other.

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All Christendom is covered with numerous sects in the form of ecclesiastical judicatories, each claiming to be the true exponent of all religious truth.

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But, instead of this, a bill was introduced which did not allow the Church judicatories to reject unless on grounds satisfactory to the civil court.

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In Scotland the law of arrest in criminal procedure has a general constitutional analogy with that of England, though the practice differs with the varying character of the judicatories.

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Being also examined anent the excommunication at Torwood, he declined to answer, as being an ecclesiastical matter, and they a civil judicatory.

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