Judicial — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice

belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒuːdˈɪʃəl/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒuːdˈɪʃəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒuːdˈɪʃəl/

3 syllables Say it as /dʒuːdˈɪʃəl/.

Examples

a judicial decision
judicial robes
judicial system

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

juridical discriminative juridic

Parts of Speech

adjective	decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice “a judicial decision”
adjective	belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge “judicial robes”
adjective	relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge “judicial system”
adjective	expressing careful judgment; ; -Tyler Dennett “discriminative censure”

Word Forms

judge

noun

a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gerichtlich

durch einen Gerichtsbeschluss oder aufgrund eines Gerichtsbeschlusses

🇫🇷French

judiciaire

Décret ou émanant d'un tribunal de justice

🇮🇹Italian

giudiziario

decretato o emanato da una corte di giustizia

🇳🇱Dutch

gerechtelijk

uitgevaardigd door of voortkomend uit een rechtbank

🇷🇺Russian

судебный

постановлением или исходя из решения суда

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अदालती

किसी न्यायालय द्वारा आदेश दिया गया या उसकी कार्यवाही से

🇧🇩Bengali

বিচারিক

বিচারের আদালতের দ্বারা আদেশ বা অগ্রসর হওয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

நீதித்துறை

நீதிமன்றத்தால் ஆணையிடப்பட்டது அல்லது தொடரப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

న్యాయపరమైన

న్యాయస్థానం నుండి డిక్రీ చేయబడింది లేదా కొనసాగుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

न्यायिक

न्यायाच्या न्यायालयाद्वारे निर्णय किंवा कार्यवाही

🇮🇳Gujarati

ન્યાયિક

ન્યાયની અદાલત દ્વારા હુકમનામું અથવા કાર્યવાહી

🇮🇳Kannada

ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗ

ನ್ಯಾಯಾಂಗದ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯದಿಂದ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಅಥವಾ ಮುಂದುವರಿಯುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജുഡീഷ്യൽ

ഒരു നീതിന്യായ കോടതിയിൽ നിന്ന് ഉത്തരവിട്ടത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മുന്നോട്ട് പോകുന്നത്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿਆਂਇਕ

ਨਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਅਦਾਲਤ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਫੈਸਲਾ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

عدالتی

انصاف کی عدالت کی طرف سے حکم یا کارروائی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

司法

由法院颁布或由法院审理

🇯🇵Japanese

司法

司法裁判所によって決定された、または司法裁判所からの手続き

🇰🇷Korean

사법

법원에서 판결하거나 진행하는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tư pháp

được quyết định bởi hoặc tiến hành từ một tòa án công lý

🇹🇭Thai

การพิจารณาคดี

ที่ได้ออกคำสั่งหรือดำเนินการจากศาลยุติธรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

yudisial

ditetapkan oleh atau berproses dari pengadilan

🇵🇭Filipino

hudisyal

idineklara ng o magpatuloy mula sa hukuman ng hustisya

🇲🇾Malay

kehakiman

diputuskan oleh atau prosiding daripada mahkamah keadilan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

القضائية

صادرة عن محكمة العدل أو صادرة عنها

🇮🇷Persian

قضایی

توسط دادگاه دادگستری صادر شده یا از آن صادر شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

adli

bir adalet mahkemesi tarafından karara bağlanmış veya devam ettirilmiş

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשׁפָּטִי

נקבע על ידי בית משפט לצדק או בעקבותיו

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