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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Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
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But through a series of deft legal maneuvers—joined to the ever more ambitious self-concepts of some international legal tribunals—Mauritius was able to win a second legal victory at another international tribunal, for the law of the sea.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Beware that many of the bars suggested by ChatGPT (crack open a guide book, loser) may have gone out of business or changed their names, as bars open and close all the time.—
Anton Hur,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 June 2026
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Jurors could have sentenced Anthony to as little as two years in prison or up to the rest of his life behind bars.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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“Judiciaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judiciaries. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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