judicial meaning and definition

JUDICIAL adjective

Definition of judicial (adjective)

1. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice
   • "a judicial decision"
2. belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge
   • "judicial robes"
3. relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge
   • "judicial system"
   • synonyms: juridic, juridical
4. expressing careful judgment
   • "discriminative censure"; "a biography ...appreciative and yet judicial in purpose"-Tyler Dennett
   • synonyms: discriminative