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Judiciary   /dʒudˈɪʃiˌɛri/   Listen
Judiciary

noun
1.
Persons who administer justice.  Synonym: bench.
2.
The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government.  Synonyms: judicatory, judicature, judicial system.



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"Judiciary" Quotes from Famous Books



... or their poverty consented, to contracts which involved irreparable harm to themselves, the community, and future generations. The women of this country have done nothing more important than to educate the judiciary of the United States out of and beyond ...
— What eight million women want • Rheta Childe Dorr

... of 1896 expressed its disapproval of the Income Tax decision of the United States Supreme Court and in both 1896 and 1900 condemned "government by injunction." With these exceptions neither party has ever expressed its disapproval of any exercise of authority by the Federal judiciary. ...
— The Spirit of American Government - A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And - Relation To Democracy • J. Allen Smith

... remodeled her judiciary department, and created the Supreme Court, Judge White was unanimously chosen to preside over this important tribunal of justice. He could not with propriety refuse to accept a position so cordially tendered, and highly honorable in its character. For six years he presided over its deliberations ...
— Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical • C. L. Hunter

... equally harmless persons had been similarly treated, this particular outrage was made the occasion of a vehement protest to the mayor of the city by a certain member of the judiciary, who pointed out that such things in a civilized community were shocking beyond measure, and called upon the mayor to remove the commissioner of police and all his staff of deputy commissioners for openly violating the law which they were sworn to uphold. But, ...
— Courts and Criminals • Arthur Train

... they are. He is surrounded by enemies as before. While he has the law and the courts, the nearest Judge may be one hundred to three hundred miles away. He must be brought more under the care of the judiciary. ...
— The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 12, December, 1888 • Various


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