judiciary
noun
ju·di·cia·ry
jü-ˈdi-shē-ˌer-ē 
-ˈdi-shə-rē
-ˈdi-shə-rē
1
a
: a system of courts of law
b
: the judges of these courts
2
: a branch of government in which judicial power is vested
judiciary
adjective
Examples of judiciary in a Sentence
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Notwithstanding the country’s moments of instability, over generations, France developed the impartial, professional institutions—a judiciary, a civil service, a free and open public sphere—of a democratic, republican nation.
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Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
The country’s current President Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption figure who defied the odds and won the election last year in a landslide victory, has promised to empower the judiciary.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The turmoil punctuates the former president’s yearslong assault on the judiciary, an antipathy that intensified with his political rise and mounting legal peril.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Brothers in Arms, a reservist group, had surged onto the national scene in early 2023 as part of huge pro-democracy protests against government plans to overhaul the judiciary.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
The face of California’s judiciary continues to change statewide.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Little wonder, then, that last summer, tensions over the role of Israel’s judiciary became unmanageable.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making arm of the federal judiciary, announced a new practice earlier this month in which civil cases with statewide and nationwide implications will be assigned at random.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
Today, lawyers are debating about how Tusk should reform the judiciary to restore the balance of power among Poland’s three branches of government.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
The country’s current President Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption figure who defied the odds and won the election last year in a landslide victory, has promised to empower the judiciary.
—Tara John, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
The turmoil punctuates the former president’s yearslong assault on the judiciary, an antipathy that intensified with his political rise and mounting legal peril.
—William K. Rashbaum, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Brothers in Arms, a reservist group, had surged onto the national scene in early 2023 as part of huge pro-democracy protests against government plans to overhaul the judiciary.
—Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
The face of California’s judiciary continues to change statewide.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Little wonder, then, that last summer, tensions over the role of Israel’s judiciary became unmanageable.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making arm of the federal judiciary, announced a new practice earlier this month in which civil cases with statewide and nationwide implications will be assigned at random.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
Today, lawyers are debating about how Tusk should reform the judiciary to restore the balance of power among Poland’s three branches of government.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
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judiciary
noun
ju·di·cia·ry
ju̇-ˈdish-ē-ˌer-ē
-ˈdish-ə-rē
-ˈdish-ə-rē
1
a
: a system of courts of law
b
: the judges of these courts
2
: a branch of government in which judicial power is vested
judiciary
adjective
Legal Definition
judiciary
noun
ju·di·cia·ry
ju̇-ˈdi-shē-ˌer-ē, -ˈdi-shə-rē
plural judiciaries
1
a
: a system of courts of law
b
: the judges of these courts
2
: a branch of government in which judicial power is vested compare executive, legislature
judiciary
adjective
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