Judicial1. (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.
2. (a.) Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
3. (a.) Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive.
4. (a.) Judicious.
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