"judicature" meaning in English

See judicature in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/ [UK], /d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/ [General-American], /dʒʊɖɪˈketʃə(r)/ (note: Indic), /ˈdʒuɖɪketʃə(r)/ (note: Indic) Forms: judicatures [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|judicature}} Anglo-Norman judicature, {{der|en|frm|judicature}} Middle French judicature, {{der|en|la|iudicatura}} Latin iudicatura, {{der|en|la|iūdicāre||to judge}} Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)
  1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (administration of justice): oikeudenkäyttö (Finnish), მართლმსაჯულება (martlmsaǯuleba) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-judicature-en-noun-czD--gZW Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 18 45 38 Disambiguation of 'administration of justice': 89 6 5
  2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (the position or status of a judge): judgeship Translations (jurisdiction of a court): oikeusalue (english: territory) (Finnish), tuomiovalta (english: extent of authority) (Finnish), განსჯადობა (gansǯadoba) (Georgian), قضا (kaza) (Ottoman Turkish) Translations (position or status of a judge): съдийство (sǎdijstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tuomarin asema (Finnish), breithiúnacht [feminine] (Irish), pagkahukom (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-judicature-en-noun-SDLmDkEZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Offices Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 70 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 54 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 27 50 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 24 52 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 26 56 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 18 45 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 56 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 23 50 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 21 50 29 Disambiguation of Offices: 26 49 25 Disambiguation of 'the position or status of a judge': 12 76 12 Disambiguation of 'jurisdiction of a court': 11 62 27 Disambiguation of 'position or status of a judge': 12 76 12
  3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (court or other assembly): judiciary Translations (court): съд (sǎd) [masculine] (Bulgarian), съдилище (sǎdilište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tuomioistuin (Finnish), სასამართლო (sasamartlo) (Georgian), judicatura (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-judicature-en-noun-T2Nn7V03 Categories (other): Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 18 45 38 Disambiguation of 'court or other assembly': 35 13 52 Disambiguation of 'court': 36 6 57

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "judicature"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman judicature",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "judicature"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French judicature",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iudicatura"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iudicatura",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iūdicāre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to judge"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "judicatures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process."
      ],
      "id": "en-judicature-en-noun-czD--gZW",
      "links": [
        [
          "administration",
          "administration"
        ],
        [
          "justice",
          "justice"
        ],
        [
          "judges",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "courts",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "judicial",
          "judicial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 6 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "administration of justice",
          "word": "oikeudenkäyttö"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 6 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "martlmsaǯuleba",
          "sense": "administration of justice",
          "word": "მართლმსაჯულება"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 70 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 75 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 54 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 56 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 50 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 52 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 56 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 56 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 50 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 64 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 50 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 49 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Offices",
          "orig": "en:Offices",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction."
      ],
      "id": "en-judicature-en-noun-SDLmDkEZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "jurisdiction",
          "jurisdiction"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 76 12",
          "sense": "the position or status of a judge",
          "word": "judgeship"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 76 12",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "sǎdijstvo",
          "sense": "position or status of a judge",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "съдийство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 76 12",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "position or status of a judge",
          "word": "tuomarin asema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 76 12",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "position or status of a judge",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "breithiúnacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 76 12",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "lang_code": "tl",
          "sense": "position or status of a judge",
          "word": "pagkahukom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 27",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "territory",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
          "translation": "territory",
          "word": "oikeusalue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 27",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "extent of authority",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
          "translation": "extent of authority",
          "word": "tuomiovalta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 27",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "gansǯadoba",
          "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
          "word": "განსჯადობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 62 27",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "lang_code": "ota",
          "roman": "kaza",
          "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
          "word": "قضا"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 45 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:",
          "text": "Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary."
      ],
      "id": "en-judicature-en-noun-T2Nn7V03",
      "links": [
        [
          "Judges",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "judiciary",
          "judiciary"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "35 13 52",
          "sense": "court or other assembly",
          "word": "judiciary"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "36 6 57",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "sǎd",
          "sense": "court",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "съд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 6 57",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "sǎdilište",
          "sense": "court",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "съдилище"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 6 57",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "court",
          "word": "tuomioistuin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 6 57",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "lang_code": "ka",
          "roman": "sasamartlo",
          "sense": "court",
          "word": "სასამართლო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 6 57",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "court",
          "word": "judicatura"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dʒʊɖɪˈketʃə(r)/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʒuɖɪketʃə(r)/",
      "note": "Indic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "judicature"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Romanian translations",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "en:Offices"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "judicature"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman judicature",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "judicature"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French judicature",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iudicatura"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iudicatura",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "iūdicāre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to judge"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "judicatures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "administration",
          "administration"
        ],
        [
          "justice",
          "justice"
        ],
        [
          "judges",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "courts",
          "court"
        ],
        [
          "judicial",
          "judicial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "authority",
          "authority"
        ],
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "jurisdiction",
          "jurisdiction"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from 16th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:",
          "text": "Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Judges",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "judiciary",
          "judiciary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dʒʊɖɪˈketʃə(r)/",
      "note": "Indic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʒuɖɪketʃə(r)/",
      "note": "Indic"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "the position or status of a judge",
      "word": "judgeship"
    },
    {
      "sense": "court or other assembly",
      "word": "judiciary"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "administration of justice",
      "word": "oikeudenkäyttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "martlmsaǯuleba",
      "sense": "administration of justice",
      "word": "მართლმსაჯულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "sǎdijstvo",
      "sense": "position or status of a judge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съдийство"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "position or status of a judge",
      "word": "tuomarin asema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "position or status of a judge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "breithiúnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "position or status of a judge",
      "word": "pagkahukom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "territory",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
      "translation": "territory",
      "word": "oikeusalue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "extent of authority",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
      "translation": "extent of authority",
      "word": "tuomiovalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "gansǯadoba",
      "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
      "word": "განსჯადობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "kaza",
      "sense": "jurisdiction of a court",
      "word": "قضا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "sǎd",
      "sense": "court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "съд"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "sǎdilište",
      "sense": "court",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "съдилище"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "court",
      "word": "tuomioistuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "sasamartlo",
      "sense": "court",
      "word": "სასამართლო"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "court",
      "word": "judicatura"
    }
  ],
  "word": "judicature"
}

Download raw JSONL data for judicature meaning in English (5.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (e2469cc and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.