judicature

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/, /d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. [from 16th c.]
2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. [from 16th c.]
3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. [from 16th c.]
   • 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:

     Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.

• (the position or status of a judge): judgeship
• (court or other assembly): judiciary

From Latin judicatūra.

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.di.ka.tyʁ/

judicature f (plural judicatures)

1. court of justice
2. act of judging

• “judicature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

jūdicātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of jūdicātūrus