as in bar
the courts of law and judges in a country, state, etc.; the branch of government that includes courts of law and judges
the federal judiciary
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Recent Examples of judiciary
The board, which is not connected to Israel’s government and cannot officially compel it to act, is made up of former members of the judiciary, military, civil service and relatives of Oct. 7 victims.
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Omer Bekin, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Years of corruption and institutional decay have left critical systems, such as the judiciary and police, underfunded and ineffective.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Trump will reshape the federal judiciary so the courts will never get in his way.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2024
Still, the checks and balances of the judiciary were of little comfort to Cecilia Wang, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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Omer Bekin, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2024
Years of corruption and institutional decay have left critical systems, such as the judiciary and police, underfunded and ineffective.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Trump will reshape the federal judiciary so the courts will never get in his way.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2024
Still, the checks and balances of the judiciary were of little comfort to Cecilia Wang, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for judiciary
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Spending at restaurants and bars, meanwhile, dropped 0.4%.Christopher Rugaber and Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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With its industry-leading 14-microphone array and 3A audio algorithm, the Connect video bar offers premium audio capture.Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Military trials: Instead of civilian courts, military tribunals may handle legal matters, including criminal cases, especially for those accused of disrupting public order.Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
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Beginning in 1941 in the then-territory, courts were replaced by military tribunals, strict curfews were enforced and people were even banned from photographing coastal areas.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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And he’s challenged his first-year AHL bench boss to be something of a groupthink buster at the summit, to bring in some fresh ideas and lean into his outsider perspective to inform the conversation.Jimmy Durkin, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Then there's Bruce Brown, who's yet to even play at all this season due to a knee injury, who could have offered the Raptors a two-way bench presence.Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That is largely because the case has been dismissed twice at the trial court level and reinstated twice at the appellate level.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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In the weeks leading up to this year's election, momentum in the trial court began to build.Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Judiciary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judiciary. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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