judicial review

noun

1

: review sense 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

Examples of judicial review in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The strike comes as the government’s ban on Palestine Action is separately being challenged through a process known as judicial review. —Kara Fox, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026

The officer failed to activate a system that alerts other ICE officers that a case is subject to judicial review and that removal should be halted. —Michael Casey, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026

The administrative law judge denied the request for summary judgment, which prompted Wassef to file a petition in Polk County District Court, seeking judicial review of that decision. —Clark Kauffman, Des Moines Register, 8 Jan. 2026

The law expanded enforcement of federal immigration law to state and local officers and limited judicial review for certain decisions. —Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for judicial review

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Legal Definition

judicial review

noun

1

: review

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

also : the process of using this power see also checks and balances, Marbury v. Madison