n. The court system and judges considered collectively, the judicial branch of government.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial.
n. That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to courts of judicature or legal tribunals; judicial.
n. That branch of government which is concerned in the trial and determination of controversies between parties and of criminal prosecutions; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges taken collectively.
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n. persons who administer justice
n. the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
Word Usage
"These activist judges assume that the judiciary is a super-legislature of moral philosophers."