"sit in judgment" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sits in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sitting in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sit<,,sat> in judgment"
      },
      "expansion": "sit in judgment (third-person singular simple present sits in judgment, present participle sitting in judgment, simple past and past participle sat in judgment)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024, Trump v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-939), Brief of petitioner",
          "text": "From Marbury through Fitzgerald, and beyond, this Court has consistently held that Article III courts cannot sit in judgment directly over the President’s official acts, whether before or after he leaves office. A fortiori, the courts cannot sit in criminal judgment over him and imprison him based on his official acts."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To determine formally whether someone has done something wrong."
      ],
      "id": "en-sit_in_judgment-en-verb-gIXKDDsM",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sit in judgement"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sit in judgment"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sits in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sitting in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat in judgment",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sit<,,sat> in judgment"
      },
      "expansion": "sit in judgment (third-person singular simple present sits in judgment, present participle sitting in judgment, simple past and past participle sat in judgment)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2024, Trump v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court No. 23-939), Brief of petitioner",
          "text": "From Marbury through Fitzgerald, and beyond, this Court has consistently held that Article III courts cannot sit in judgment directly over the President’s official acts, whether before or after he leaves office. A fortiori, the courts cannot sit in criminal judgment over him and imprison him based on his official acts."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To determine formally whether someone has done something wrong."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sit in judgement"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sit in judgment"
}