Noah Webster
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.