JUDICIAL REVIEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judicial review mean? 

• JUDICIAL REVIEW (noun)
  The noun JUDICIAL REVIEW has 1 sense:

1. review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court

  Familiarity information: JUDICIAL REVIEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICIAL REVIEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("judicial review" is a kind of...):

review ((law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)