judiciary

CEFRC1

/ˌd͡ʒuːˈdɪʃəɹi/

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The judiciary should not become merely an extension of the legislative branch.
Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.

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Compared with most Latin American courts, on paper the Argentine judiciary is among the most insulated high courts in the region.
2004, Gretchen Helmke, Courts under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina
Ruling in the immunity case, Chief Justice John Roberts seemed to serenely arrogate to the Court an immense power to determine whether the president might ever face criminal consequence without worrying whether the emboldening of a rampaging executive might at some point place the authority of the judiciary in danger.
2025 April 9, Quinta Jurecic, “What, Exactly, Is the Supreme Court Thinking?”, in The Atlantic

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Borrowed from Latin iudiciarius, judiciarius.