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Definition of "judiciary" []

  • The judicial branch of government. (noun)
  • A system of courts of law for the administration of justice. (noun)
  • The judges of these courts. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "judiciary" in a sentence
  • "These activist judges assume that the judiciary is a super-legislature of moral philosophers."
  • "As someone pointed out above, the judiciary is a separate branch of government."
  • "You are correct that the judiciary is an independent branch of the government, though it has not always acted as one in national security cases, e.g., the Rosenbergs."