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Matching Terms:  juridical, Juridically

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system"
  2. [adj]  of or relating to the law or jurisprudence; "juridical days"
 
 Synonyms: judicial, juridical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ju*rid"ic\, Juridical \Ju*rid"ic*al\, a. [L. juridicus
relating to the administration of justice; jus, juris, right,
law + dicare to pronounce: cf. F. juridique. See {Just}, a.,
and {Diction}.]
Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the
distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to
law; legal; as, juridical law. ``This juridical sword.''
--Milton.
      The body corporate of the kingdom, in juridical
      construction, never dies.                -- Burke.
{Juridical days}, days on which courts are open.
 

 

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