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Judicature


JU'DICATURE, noun The power of distributing justice by legal trial and determination. A court of judicature is a court invested with powers to administer justice between man and man.

1. A court of justice; a judicatory.

JUDI'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to courts of justice; as judicial power.

1. Practiced in the distribution of justice; as judicial proceedings.

2. Proceeding from a court of justice; as a judicial determination.

3. Issued by a court under its seal; as a judicial writ.

4. Inflicted, as a penalty or in judgment; as judicial hardness of heart; a judicial punishment.