an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business
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the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
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the act of meting out justice according to the law
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the position of judge
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Judicature \Ju"di*ca*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL. judicatura.] 1. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.
The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor. --Bacon.
2. A court of justice; a judicatory. --South.
3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.
Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce. --Milton.