1.Lawa. Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice: the judicial system.b. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice: a judicial decision.c. Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge: in judicial robes.2. Characterized by or expressing judgment: the judicial function of a literary critic.3. Proceeding from a divine judgment.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin idicilis, from idicium, judgment, from idex, idic-, judge. See deik- in Appendix I.
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