Ju*di"cial (?), a. [L. judicialis, fr. judicium judgment, fr. judex judge: cf. OF. judicial. See Judge.]
1.
Pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or to a judge; practiced or conformed to in
the administration of justice; sanctioned or ordered by a court; as, judicial power; judicial proceedings; a judicial sale.
"Judicial massacres." Macaulay.
Not a moral but a
judicial law, and so was
abrogated.
Milton. 2.
Fitted or apt for judging or deciding; as, a judicial mind.
3. Belonging to the judiciary, as distinguished from legislative, administrative, or
executive. See Executive.
4.
Judicious. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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