Definition of "judicial decision" [judicial decision]

• (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Should you, however, in the absence of a judicial decision as to the constitutionality of the act, decline to take the responsibility of refusing assent to it, there will be an indispensable necessity of your constituting some militia force for the preservation of law and order in the State -- by extending the age of service in the militia, and by some new organization of the remnants of the Militia and Home Guard organizations; otherwise I shall have on my hands the officers of two distinct organizations, powerless for want of men."