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Judicatory

Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals.

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Scheme 76% connected

A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Government 70% connected

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

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Regime 70% connected

Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.

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Judicature 92% connected

The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.

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Judiciary 92% connected

Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.

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Rule of law noun · 85% connection

a state of order in which events conform to the law

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Executive noun · 85% connection

persons who administer the law

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Judicial system noun · 85% connection

the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government

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Constitutional Convention noun · 78% connection

the convention of United States statesmen who drafted the United States Constitution in 1787

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judicial review noun · 78% connection

review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review…

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Legality noun · 78% connection

lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

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Public law noun · 78% connection

a law affecting the public at large

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Action noun · 78% connection

A suit or process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforce…

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Adjudication noun · 78% connection

A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.

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Administerial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to administration, or to the executive part of government.

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Administration noun · 78% connection

The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justic…

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Administrative adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to administration; administering; executive; as, an administrative body, ability, or energy.

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Administrative hearing noun · 78% connection

a hearing that takes place outside the judicial process before hearing examiners who have been granted judicial authority specifically…

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Basilica noun · 78% connection

Originally, the place of a king; but afterward, an apartment provided in the houses of persons of importance, where assemblies were he…

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Cease and desist order noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Certiorari noun · 78% connection

A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in…

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Circuit noun · 78% connection

A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

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County noun · 78% connection

A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administr…

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Court noun · 78% connection

The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an offi…

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Dispensation noun · 78% connection

The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically…

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Distribution noun · 78% connection

The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…

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due process noun · 78% connection

(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be depr…

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Due process of law noun · 78% connection

(law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be depr…

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Enjoining noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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Enjoinment noun · 78% connection

(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunctions were forme…

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