JUDICIARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judiciary mean? 

• JUDICIARY (noun)
  The noun JUDICIARY has 2 senses:

1. persons who administer justice

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

  Familiarity information: JUDICIARY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICIARY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persons who administer justice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

bench; judiciary

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

administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Holonyms ("judiciary" is a member of...):

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

Derivation:

judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)

Sense 2

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 ("judiciary" 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 "judiciary"):

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

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

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