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judicial

SYLLABICATION:	ju·di·cial
PRONUNCIATION:	j-dshl
ADJECTIVE:	1. Law a. Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice: the judicial system. b. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice: a judicial decision. c. Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge: in judicial robes. 2. Characterized by or expressing judgment: the judicial function of a literary critic. 3. Proceeding from a divine judgment.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin idicilis, from idicium, judgment, from idex, idic-, judge. See deik- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	ju·dicial·ly —ADVERB


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