judiciary
noun
-ˈdi-shə-rē
Examples of judiciary in a Sentence
Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 Apr. 2024
Little wonder, then, that last summer, tensions over the role of Israel’s judiciary became unmanageable.
—Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
The Judicial Conference of the United States, the policy-making arm of the federal judiciary, announced a new practice earlier this month in which civil cases with statewide and nationwide implications will be assigned at random.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2024
Today, lawyers are debating about how Tusk should reform the judiciary to restore the balance of power among Poland’s three branches of government.
—Foreign Affairs, 12 Mar. 2024
Those additional funds would allow the judiciary to continue paying for electronic monitoring of defendants who were enrolled in the program before Feb. 16, when the courts stopped providing the option to new defendants.
—Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
Now, the new Polish government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledges to restore the country's independent judiciary, and hopes to unfreeze those EU funds.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 26 Feb. 2024
Since 2010, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has pushed through constitutional changes giving him control over the judiciary and other institutions, according to the Washington watchdog Freedom House.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
Those dissatisfied with rulings from the courts, especially the Supreme Court, are now targeting the judiciary itself.
—Matt Sandgren, National Review, 29 Mar. 2024
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Word History
judiciary, adjective, from Latin judiciarius judicial, from judicium
1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Judiciary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judiciary. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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