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裁判,司法,裁判管辖

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Judicature \Ju"di*ca*ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. LL.
   judicatura.]
   1. The state or profession of those employed in the
      administration of justice; also, the dispensing or
      administration of justice.

            The honor of the judges in their judicature is the
            king's honor.                         --Bacon.

   2. A court of justice; a judicatory. --South.

   3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent
      jurisdiction of a judge or court.

            Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for
            that was not his office, but the morality, of
            divorce.                              --Milton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

judicature
     n 1: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct
          judicial business [syn: {court}, {tribunal}]
     2: the system of law courts that administer justice and
        constitute the judicial branch of government [syn: {judiciary},
         {judicatory}, {judicial system}]
     3: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and
        assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is
        justice denied" [syn: {justice}]
     4: the position of judge [syn: {judgship}, {judgeship}]