Dictionary

judicatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)
• /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətɹi/ (UK)
• /ˌd͡ʒuːdɪˈkeɪtəɹi/ (UK, also)
• /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin iūdicātōrius.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
   • judicatory tribunals 1869, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13:
   • power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience:
2. By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
   • To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

Forms

Relateds

adjudicatory · judicator · judge · adjudication · judicial

Synonyms

juridic · juridicial · judicial · judicatory · judiciary · justiciary · judiciary · juridical

Translations (5)

pl jurydyczny (Pertaining to judgement) · pl sądowy (Pertaining to judgement) · bg съдийски (Pertaining to judgement) · pl prawny (Pertaining to judgement) · bg съдебен (Pertaining to judgement)

judicatory en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/ (UK)
• /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)
• /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətɹi/ (UK)
• /ˌd͡ʒuːdɪˈkeɪtəɹi/ (UK, also)
• /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Latin iūdicātōrius.

Meanings

1. (in Scotland) A court or tribunal.
   • Holonym: judiciary
2. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
   • However, when They had ſaid all they could againſt Him, and he all for himſself that need to be ſaid, and no ſuch Crime appearing as the Lords, as the Supreme Court of Judicatory, would take upon them to judge him to be worthy of death, they reſorted to their Legislative Power […] 1717, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, volume 2, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, part 2, book 8, page 572:

Forms

Synonyms

court of justice · tribunal · judicature · court of law · court · judicatory