Meaning

noun an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

noun the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

noun the act of meting out justice according to the law

originFrom Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

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