| Judiciary 1. (a.) Pertaining to courts or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding. 2. (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary. Thesaurus Entries Areopagus, board, council, critical, curia, curial, forum, inquisition, judgment, judgmental, judicative, judicatorial, judicatory, judicature, judicial, judicial process, judicious, juridic, jurisdictional, jurisdictive, juristic, justice, magisterial, the Inquisition, the courts, tribunal |