Judicial \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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