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JUDICIARY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Persons who administer justice
Synonyms:
bench; judiciary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("judiciary" is a kind of...):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
Holonyms ("judiciary" is a member of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Derivation:
judge (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
Synonyms:
judicatory; judicature; judicial system; judiciary
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("judiciary" is a kind of...):
scheme; system (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "judiciary"):
Federal Judiciary (the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws)
Holonyms ("judiciary" is a part of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
