judicature

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English

Etymology

From 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).

Pronunciation

Noun

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

  1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
  2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
  3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
    • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:
      Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.

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French

Etymology

From Latin judicatūra.

Pronunciation

Noun

judicature f (plural judicatures)

  1. court of justice
  2. act of judging

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Latin

Participle

jūdicātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of jūdicātūrus