adjective
- of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
noun, plural ju·di·ca·to·ries.
- a court of law and justice; tribunal; judiciary.
- the administration of justice.
adjective
- of or relating to the administration of justice
noun
- a court of law
- the administration of justice
1570s, from French judicatoire, from Late Latin iudicatorius “judicial, pertaining to judgment,” from iudicat-, past participle stem of Latin iudicare “to judge” (see judge (v.)).