judiciary

(jé-dish’i-a-ri), a. and mn. [= F. ju- diciaire = Sp. Pg. judiciario = It. giudiciario, judiciary To enable the federal head to exercise the powers given it to best advantage, it should be organized into legislative, executive, and judiciary. Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 64. Judiciary Act, an act of the United States Congre of September 24th, 1789 (1 Stat., 73), establishing the federal courts of the United States, defining their jurisdiction and powers, and regulating procedure: now embodied with amendments in the provisions of the Revised Statutes. —Judiciary anathema. See anathema, 2.—Judiciary astrology. Same as judicial astrology (which see, under astrology). The consideration of his judiciary astrology. Hake will, Apology, p. 164. Judiciary law. See daw. nage II, x. That branch of government which is concerned in the trial and determination of controversies between parties and of criminal prosecutions; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges taken collectively. The committee reported a provision that the jurisdiction of the national judiciary should extend to all “questions which involyed the national peace and harmony.” Calhoun, Works, I. 245, judicious (j$-dish’us), a [= F. judicieux = Sp. Pg. judicioso = It. giudicioso,