judicially

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ju·di·cial

(jo͞o-dĭsh′əl)

adj.

1. Law

a. Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice: the judicial system.

b. Decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice: a judicial decision.

c. Belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge: in judicial robes.

2. Characterized by or expressing judgment: the judicial function of a literary critic.

3. Proceeding from a divine judgment.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin iūdiciālis, from iūdicium, judgment, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

ju·di′cial·ly adv.

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Adv.	1.	judicially - as ordered by a court
	2.	judicially - in a judicial manner; "judicially controlled process"

Translations

من ناحيةٍ قَضائِيَّه

soudně

gerichtlich

judiciairement juridiquement

bírói útonbírósági úton

réttarfarslega, lagalega

legalmente

ad rettslig vei

súdne

adlî/hukukî olarak

依法判决地

judicially

[dʒuːˈdɪʃəlɪ] ADV [decide] → judicialmente; [separate] → legalmente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

judicially

[dʒuːˈdɪʃ^əli] adv → judiciairementjudicial review n

(British) → réexamen m d'une décision de justice (par une juridiction supérieure)

(US) → examen m de la constitutionnalité d'une loi

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

judicially

adv defeat, approve → gerichtlich; to apportion blame judicially → eine gerichtliche Schuldzuweisung erteilen; the country is judicially corrupt → das Justizsystem des Landes ist korrupt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

judicial

(dʒuˈdiʃəl) adjective

of a judge or court of law. judicial powers; He might bring judicial proceedings against you.

juˈdicially adverb

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"You can always put up with 'em," opined the respectable seaman judicially.

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I am a judicially competent person, a man of twenty-five years of age, a university graduate, a gentleman, and, until I met yourself, a complete stranger to you.

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She nodded her head judicially, and while she seemed to debate a weighty judgment he asked for a second helping of tinned beef--not because he was hungry, but because he wanted to watch her slim, firm fingers, naked of jewels and banded metals, while his eyes pleasured in the swell of the forearm, appearing from under the sleeve and losing identity in the smooth, round wrist undisfigured by the netted veins that come to youth when youth is gone.

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She must examine more closely her own nature and his; she must talk it over judicially with Helen.

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Let us review the matter calmly and judicially, not condemning James off-hand, but rather probing the whole affair to its core, to see if we can confirm my view that it is possible to find excuses for him.

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But Wakley is right sometimes," the Doctor added, judicially. "I could mention one or two points in which Wakley is in the right."

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One of the few incidents of Indian warfare naturally susceptible of the moonlight of romance was that expedition undertaken for the defence of the frontiers in the year 1725, which resulted in the well-remembered "Lovell's Fight." Imagination, by casting certain circumstances judicially into the shade, may see much to admire in the heroism of a little band who gave battle to twice their number in the heart of the enemy's country.

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He turned the matter over judicially in his mind and concluded that even though he cared not a jot for Rose, at least he could think of no other woman who could carry a larger share of the drudgery in their dusty lives, help save more and, on the whole, bother him less.

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"One side of the shield again," Messner said, with an air of weighing the matter judicially. While he did not amount to much, it is true - that is, physically - I'd hardly say he was as bad as all that.

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"Y-e-s," (long and judicially), "but that's different."

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"They have actually got at the truth," Razumov marvelled to himself, while he nodded judicially. "Yes, that's possible, very possible." But the woman revolutionist was very positive that it was so.

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Thornbury judicially, "there is no reason why the size of the family should make any difference.