judicial English · revision 7316

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1382|origins=la iudex}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|iudicialis|alt=jūdiciālis|t=of a court of justice]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[m|la|iudicium|alt=jūdicium|t=judgment, decision of a court]], from [[m|la|iudex|alt=jūdex|t=judge]] (see [[judge]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) a compound of ius, right, law, and the root of dicere, to say.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Of courts, judges or justice: before 1382, in the Wycliffe Bible.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In the 16th century it also meant giving judgement, invested with authority to judge (1561).^(Hoad 1986)^(OED 1989) In theology, inflicted by God as a judgement, it is from 1613.^(OED 1989) Of a judge or proper to one is from 1800,^(OED 1989) and ''judicial combat'', a duel to settle a controversy, from 1820.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1382 – of courts of law.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1561 – having the function of judging.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1613 – inflicted as divine judgement.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1800 – proper to a judge.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or relating to [[court|alt=courts]] of law or the administration of [[justice]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Decreed by a court.^(AHD)

+ # Proper to the office of a [[judge]].^(AHD)

+ # Showing judgment; [[discriminating]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[judicially]]

+ * [[judicialness]]

+ * [[nonjudicial]]

+ * [[unjudicial]]

+ * [[extrajudicial]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[adjudge]]

+ * [[adjudicate]]

+ * [[judiciary]]

+ * [[judge]]

+ * [[judicious]]

+ * [[judgment]]

+ * [[jury]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}