quasi-judicial
adjective
qua·si-ju·di·cial
ˌkwā-ˌzī-ju̇-ˈdi-shəl 
-ˌsī-,
ˌkwä-zē-,
-sē-
1
: having a partly judicial character by possession of the right to hold hearings on and conduct investigations into disputed claims and alleged infractions of rules and regulations and to make decisions in the general manner of courts
quasi-judicial bodies
2
: essentially judicial in character but not within the judicial power or function especially as constitutionally defined
quasi-judicial review
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The administrative law judge is to preside over quasi-judicial hearings on difficult, complex and sensitive matters.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
The decision from the quasi-judicial board will allow just under 6,000 USDA employees to return to their posts for the next 45 days.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
Also, there is an issue with police having to assume a quasi-judicial role in determining if squatting occupants are committing a crime.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2025
Because before a vote of this magnitude, commissioners are sworn in at a quasi-judicial meeting, a legal proceeding in which commissioners must act in a capacity similar to a judge.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Cathy Harris filed the suit today after she was fired from the quasi-judicial Merit Systems Protection Board, that hears appeals to firings and other disciplinary actions against government employees.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
In addition to asking the Competition Tribunal of Canada, a quasi-judicial body, to force Google to sell two of its ad technology services, the bureau will ask to fine the company as much as 3 percent of its worldwide revenues, which totaled more than $305 billion last year.
—Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The matter is now headed for the Competition Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that hears cases brought forward by the competition commissioner about non-compliance with the Competition Act.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
SpaceX filed a lawsuit in the conservative Fifth Circuit, in Texas, on the ground that the N.L.R.B.’s quasi-judicial structure violates the Constitution.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
The decision from the quasi-judicial board will allow just under 6,000 USDA employees to return to their posts for the next 45 days.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 5 Mar. 2025
Also, there is an issue with police having to assume a quasi-judicial role in determining if squatting occupants are committing a crime.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2025
Because before a vote of this magnitude, commissioners are sworn in at a quasi-judicial meeting, a legal proceeding in which commissioners must act in a capacity similar to a judge.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025
Cathy Harris filed the suit today after she was fired from the quasi-judicial Merit Systems Protection Board, that hears appeals to firings and other disciplinary actions against government employees.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
In addition to asking the Competition Tribunal of Canada, a quasi-judicial body, to force Google to sell two of its ad technology services, the bureau will ask to fine the company as much as 3 percent of its worldwide revenues, which totaled more than $305 billion last year.
—Ian Austen, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2024
The matter is now headed for the Competition Tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that hears cases brought forward by the competition commissioner about non-compliance with the Competition Act.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
SpaceX filed a lawsuit in the conservative Fifth Circuit, in Texas, on the ground that the N.L.R.B.’s quasi-judicial structure violates the Constitution.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Quasi-judicial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quasi-judicial. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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