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judiciary

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as in bar

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 judiciary Several top politicians and members of the judiciary were linked to it. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 His tenure has helped reshape the federal judiciary and the modern Republican Party. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026 To help acquaint federal judges with the basics of such subjects, the research and educational arm of the federal judiciary, the Federal Judicial Center (FJC), began publishing the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence in 1994. — Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026 That, in turn, has led Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing parliamentary majority to announce plans to overhaul the judiciary, including removing its horizontal-review power. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for judiciary

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The rooftop bar, 1838, actually takes its name from its founding year.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
The two of them spent the rest of the night pressed together in the crowded bar, shouting at each other to be heard over the sound of drunk youth.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

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Moore initially appealed the suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme and went before an independent anti-doping tribunal.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
The arm of the Defense Department provides legal counsel for people facing military tribunals.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

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Police are investigating the death of a man who was found injured on a bench less than ½ mile away from the Bristol Police Department earlier this month.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Security-camera footage showed Mendiola walking from the Flamingo parking garage toward the short-term parking garage, where seven benches are located, the report states.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

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The trial court will need to decide whether the university was legally justified in concealing and redacting certain documents and whether Abraham qualifies for attorneys' fees.

— Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026
The Florida Supreme Court reversed the conviction and sentence in 1991, finding the trial court erred by allowing a prosecutor on the case who had previously defended Reaves in a criminal matter.

— Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

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