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Definition of: judicial
(j·dish′əl) adjective
1. Pertaining to the administration of justice.
2. Of, pertaining to, or connected with a court or judge.
3. Discriminating; impartial.
4. Serving to decide or determine; judging: judicial duels.
5. Obs. Established by formal enactment or positive law. [<L judicialis <judex, -icis a judge]
—ju·di′cial·ly adverb
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