judicature

[ joo-di-key-cher, -kuh-choo r ]

/ ˈdʒu dɪˌkeɪ tʃər, -kəˌtʃʊər /

the administration of justice, as by judges or courts.

the office, function, or authority of a judge.

the jurisdiction of a judge or court.

a body of judges.

the power of administering justice by legal trial and determination.

Origin of judicature

1520–30; < Medieval Latin jūdicātūra, equivalent to Latin jūdic- (see judge) + -āt(us) -ate¹ + -ūra -ure

He attracted attention in parliament by his speeches in 1872 in the debates on the Judicature Act.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 |Various
La justice, in French, is the established term for judicature.

Utilitarianism |John Stuart Mill
A constitution, therefore, is to a government what the laws made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature.

The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume II |Thomas Paine
The posts of judicature being conferred upon none but men of probity and justice, good order is efectually maintained.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. I |Robert Kerr

It was subject to such indignities that the man who had defied the Supreme Court of Judicature reached his seat in the theatre.

Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days |Arnold Bennett

judicature

/ (ˈdʒuːdɪkətʃə) /

the administration of justice

the office, function, or power of a judge

the extent of authority of a court or judge

a body of judges or persons exercising judicial authority; judiciary

a court of justice or such courts collectively