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juridical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -dicus Latin iūridicusbor. English juridic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al Latin iuridicalisbor. English juridical From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, usually) Pertaining 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).
   • 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 16
   • ...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 85:

Forms

Deriveds

juridical act · semijuridical · juridical person · nonjuridical · metajuridical · juridically

Relateds

juridic · juridicial

Synonyms

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

Translations (15)

pl sądowy (Pertaining to the law) · bg юридически (Pertaining to the law) · pl jurydyczny (Pertaining to the law) · de juridisch (Pertaining to the law) · ka კანონიერი (Pertaining to the law) · fr juridique (Pertaining to the law) · de juristisch (Pertaining to the law) · nl juridisch (Pertaining to the law) · pl prawny (Pertaining to the law) · fi oikeudellinen (Pertaining to the law) · ro juridic (Pertaining to the law) · fi juridinen (Pertaining to the law) · es jurídico (Pertaining to the law) · ka იურიდიული (Pertaining to the law) · fi lainopillinen (Pertaining to the law)