JUSTICIARY Synonyms

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

• determine the result of (a competition)

• form a critical opinion of

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• pronounce judgment on

• put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

• a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes

• one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things

• one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity

• someone with the power to settle matters at will

• someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

• an official who evaluates property for the purpose of taxing it

• an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

• a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• the quality of being just or fair

• the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

• judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)

• (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play

• someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

• an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case

• be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

• evaluate professionally a colleague's work

• an official at a baseball game

• someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

• be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

• the position of judge

• belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge

• relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge

• decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice

• expressing careful judgment

• persons who administer justice

• the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government