judicial review


judicial review

noun

Definition of JUDICIAL REVIEW

1
: review 5
2
: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional

First Known Use of JUDICIAL REVIEW

circa 1924

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