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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: judicature n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business [syn: {court}, {tribunal}] 2: the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: {judiciary}, {judicatory}, {judicial system}] 3: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied" [syn: {justice}] 4: the position of judge [syn: {judgship}, {judgeship}]
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