Meanings
comparative more juridical · superlative most juridical
- not comparableusuallyPertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience.
1978, Michel Foucault, translated by Robert Hurley, The Will to Knowledge, Penguin, published 1998, page 851 more example
The influence of customary law on juridical practices is itself an index of the degree of popular ‘participation’ in the drafting of laws.
2009, Alain de Benoist, The Problem of Democracy, trans. Sergio Knipe, Arktos Media Ltd. 2011, page 16Synonyms: judicatory, judicatory, judicial, judiciary, juridic, juridicial, justiciary
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivePertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or relating to the law or jurisprudence
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūs
- Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
- Proto-Italic*deikō
- Latindīcō
- Latiniūridicus
- Englishjuridic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latiniuridicalis
- Englishjuridical
From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian юридически
- юридически (juridičeski)Pertaining to the law
Dutch juridisch
- juridischPertaining to the law
Finnish juridinen, lainopillinen
- juridinenPertaining to the law
- lainopillinenPertaining to the law
- oikeudellinenPertaining to the law
French juridique
- juridiquePertaining to the law
German juristisch, juridisch
- juristischPertaining to the law
- juridischPertaining to the law
Polish prawny, sądowy
- prawnyPertaining to the law
- sądowyPertaining to the law
- jurydycznyPertaining to the law
Romanian juridic
- juridicPertaining to the law
Spanish jurídico
- jurídicoPertaining to the law
Cite this entry
juridical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juridical
“juridical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juridical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “juridical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juridical.
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