Meanings
plural judiciaries
- The collective body of judges, justices, etc.
Synonyms: judicature, justiciary, the judicial branch, bench, judicature, judicial, judicial branch, justiciary
- The court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.
2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina1 more example
Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.
2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic
- not comparableJudicial.
Synonyms: justiciary, judicatory, judicial, juridic, juridical, juridicial, justiciary
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
adjectiveJudicial.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latiniudiciarius
- Englishjudiciary
Borrowed from Latin iudiciarius, judiciarius.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan judicatura
- judicaturathe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
Dutch rechterlijke macht
- rechterlijke machtthe judicial branch of government
Finnish tuomarikunta, oikeuslaitos
- tuomarikuntathe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
- oikeuslaitosthe judicial branch of government
- oikeuslaitosthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
German Richterschaft, Judikative
- Richterschaftthe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
- Judikativethe judicial branch of government
- richterliche Gewalt im Staatthe judicial branch of government
- Justizthe judicial branch of government
- Gerichtswesenthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
- Rechtswesenthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
- Justizwesenthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
- Justizsystemthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
- Justizthe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
Hindi न्यायपालिका
- न्यायपालिका (nyāypālikā)the judicial branch of government
Malay badan kehakiman
- badan kehakimanthe judicial branch of government
Polish judykatywa, sądownictwo
- judykatywathe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
- sądownictwothe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
- judykaturathe judicial branch of government
- judykatywathe judicial branch of government
- władza sądowniczathe judicial branch of government
- sądownictwothe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
Russian суде́бная власть
- суде́бная власть (sudébnaja vlastʹ)the judicial branch of government
Swedish rättsväsende, dömande makt
- rättsväsendethe collective body of judges, justices, etc.
- dömande maktthe judicial branch of government
- rättsväsendethe court system, inclusive of clerical staff, etc.
Tamil நீதித்துறை
- நீதித்துறை (nītittuṟai)the judicial branch of government
Ukrainian судова влада
- судова влада (sudova vlada)the judicial branch of government
Cite this entry
judiciary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judiciary
“judiciary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judiciary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “judiciary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/judiciary.
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