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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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