"judicial review" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: judicial reviews [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} judicial review (plural judicial reviews)
  1. (law, uncountable) The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-judicial_review-en-noun-Wb-pUyJM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Topics: law
  2. (law, countable) A judicial process undertaken under this doctrine. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Law Translations (judicial process): 司法審查 (Chinese Mandarin), 司法审查 (sīfǎ shěnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 司法覆核 (Chinese Mandarin), 司法复核 (sīfǎ fùhé) (Chinese Mandarin), laillisuusvalvonta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-judicial_review-en-noun-NYiNV5i8 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'judicial process': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (doctrine): 司法審查 (Chinese Mandarin), 司法审查 (sīfǎ shěnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 司法覆核 (Chinese Mandarin), 司法复核 (sīfǎ fùhé) (Chinese Mandarin), laillisuusvalvonta (Finnish), суде́бный надзо́р (sudébnyj nadzór) (Russian), суде́бный контро́ль (sudébnyj kontrólʹ) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'doctrine': 51 49

Inflected forms

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