JUDICATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judicatory mean? 

• JUDICATORY (noun)
  The noun JUDICATORY has 1 sense:

1. the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

  Familiarity information: JUDICATORY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICATORY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

judicatory; judicature; judicial system; judiciary

Hypernyms ("judicatory" is a kind of...):

scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judicatory"):

Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)

Holonyms ("judicatory" is a part of...):

authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)