Juridical

//d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court). not-comparable, usually

    "...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience."

Adjective
  1. 1
    relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the law or jurisprudence wordnet

Synonyms

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judicialactionableapplicableauthorizedcompetentconstitutional

Example

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"Innate right is that right which belongs to everyone by nature, independent of all juridical acts of experience."

Etymology

From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.

Related phrases

juridical actjuridical personrule of law

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