judicature

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/, /d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/

Noun

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. [from 16th c.]
2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. [from 16th c.]
3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. [from 16th c.]
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:

     Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.

Synonyms

• (the position or status of a judge): judgeship
• (court or other assembly): judiciary

Translations

administration of justice

• Finnish: oikeudenkäyttö
• Georgian: მართლმსაჯულება (martlmsaǯuleba)

position or status of a judge

• Bulgarian: съдийство n (sǎdijstvo)
• Finnish: tuomarin asema
• Irish: breithiúnacht f
• Tagalog: pagkahukom

jurisdiction of a court

• Finnish: oikeusalue (territory), tuomiovalta (fi) (extent of authority)
• Georgian: განსჯადობა (gansǯadoba)
• Ottoman Turkish: قضا (kaza)

court

• Bulgarian: съд (bg) m (sǎd), съдилище (bg) n (sǎdilište)
• Finnish: tuomioistuin (fi)
• Georgian: სასამართლო (sasamartlo)
• Spanish: judicatura

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tribunale (it) m
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} curte (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} пра̏восӯђе n

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} prȁvosūđe (sh) n

French

Etymology

From Latin judicatūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.di.ka.tyʁ/

Noun

judicature f (plural judicatures)

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Latin

Participle

jūdicātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of jūdicātūrus