JU'DICATURE, noun The power of distributing justice by legal trial and determination. A court of judicature is a court invested with powers to administer justice between man and man. 1. A court of justice; a judicatory. JUDI'CIAL, adjective Pertaining to courts of justice; as judicial power. 1. Practiced in the distribution of justice; as judicial proceedings. 2. Proceeding from a court of justice; as a judicial determination. 3. Issued by a court under its seal; as a judicial writ. 4. Inflicted, as a penalty or in judgment; as judicial hardness of heart; a judicial punishment.
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