as in tribunals
the courts of law and judges in a country, state, etc.; the branch of government that includes courts of law and judges
the federal judiciary
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Recent Examples of judiciaries
They were also meant to help enable independent and corruption-free judiciaries in many countries, including Venezuela.
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Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Shelley Inglis, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for judiciaries
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The Nuremberg trials also helped to establish precedents used in later international criminal tribunals, including those in the wake of the Bosnian war and Rwandan genocide, and influenced the formation of the International Criminal Court, which began operating in 2002 in The Hague.—
B.B. Blaber,
The Conversation,
8 Dec. 2025
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That panel included two former judges who had overseen international criminal tribunals, a former legal adviser to the British Foreign Office, and Amal Clooney, a British Lebanese human-rights lawyer and the wife of George Clooney.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Stroll along Atlantic Avenue, the city’s walkable main drag lined with restaurants, bars, boutiques, and galleries.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Jan. 2026
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While behind bars, Bianchi began a relationship with a woman named Veronica Compton.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Judiciaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judiciaries. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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