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d 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.

In a judicial capacity or judicial manner. "The Lords . . . sitting judicially." Macaulay.

proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required. "An extrajudicial opinion." Hallam. -- Ex`tra*ju*di"cial*ly, adv.

deed, effected by the act of the parties and not involving, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

Not according to the forms of law; not judicial. [R.]

Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye. [Obs.] Holyday.

To take away by judicial decision. [R.]

To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [Obs.] Ash.

Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] Knowles.

to charge with an offense, judicially or by a public process; - - with of; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor. Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. Acts xxiv. 13. We are accused of having persuaded Austria and Sardinia to lay down their arms. Macaulay.

process, by which a demand is made of a right in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

To award judicially in the case of a controverted question; as, the prize was adjudged to the victor.

The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication. Sir W. Temple.

To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.

cause of another. Specifically: One who pleads the cause of another before a tribunal or judicial court; a counselor.

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

locatur expresses the allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.

Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [Archaic] "Divine animadversions." Wesley.