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Judicial

Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.

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Critical 84% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Critical 84% connected

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Legal 84% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Legal 84% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Judge 74% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Judge 74% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pertains to 2

Judge 66% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that this form pertains to the related lexical concept.

Justice 66% connected

The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practi…

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Synonym 3

Discriminative 92% connected

Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Juridic 92% connected

Alt. of Juridical

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Juridical 92% connected

Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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