Judicature

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 56

jōō′di-kā-tūr, n. power of dispensing justice by legal trial: jurisdiction: a tribunal.— adjs. Ju′dicable , that may be judged or tried; Ju′dicātive , having power to judge; Ju′dicātory , pertaining to a judge: distributing justice.— n. distribution of justice: a tribunal.