judicial administration

noun

1

: the dispensing of justice according to law especially through the functioning of a system of courts

the people … see the processes of judicial administration at close range in thousands of local courts

—E. F. Johnson

2

: the management of the internal affairs of a system of courts

effective judicial administration requires the establishment of businesslike methods

—F. M. Vinson

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