a. [ L. judicabilis. See Judge, v. i. ] Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. judicatorium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A court of justice; a tribunal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Administration of justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The supreme court of judicatory. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. judicatorius. ] Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. T. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. judicatura. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A court of justice; a judicatory. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. “Judicial massacres.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a moral but a judicial law, and so was abrogated. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind; judicial temperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or executive. See Executive. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Judicious. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. “The Lords . . . sitting judicially.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. judiciaria, F. judiciaire. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. judiciarius, fr. judicium judgment: cf. F. judiciare. See Judicial. ] Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. judicieux, fr. L. judicium judgment. See Judicial. ] Of or relating to a court; judicial. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His last offenses to us
Shall have judicious hearing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Directed or governed by sound judgment; having sound judgment; wise; prudent; sagacious; discreet. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is noble, wise, judicious, and best knows
The fits o' the season. Shak.

Syn. -- Prudent; discreet; rational; wise; skillful; discerning; sagacious; well-advised. [ 1913 Webster ]