judicature : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: judicature	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
judicature n an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business Synonym(s): court, tribunal, judicature the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government Synonym(s): judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system the act of meting out justice according to the law Synonym(s): administration, judicature the position of judge Synonym(s): judgeship, judicature
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Judicature \Ju"dicature\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL. judicatura.] 1. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice. The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor. --Bacon. 2. A court of justice; a judicatory. --South. 3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court. Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce. --Milton.