From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Judicature \Ju"di*ca*ture\ (?; 135), noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "judicature": Areopagus, adjudgment, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitration, board, choice, council, court, court of arbitration, court of justice, court of law, curia, deeming, discrimination, forum, good judgment, inquisition, judging, judgment, judicatory, judicial process, judiciary, justice, law court, legal tribunal, the Inquisition, the courts, tribunal
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