juridical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
juridical (not generally comparable, comparative more juridical, superlative most juridical)
- Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
- 1978, Michel Foucault, translated by Robert Hurley, The Will to Knowledge, Penguin, published 1998, page 85:
- ...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience.
- 2009, Alain de Benoist, The Problem of Democracy, trans. Sergio Knipe, Arktos Media Ltd. 2011, page 16:
- The influence of customary law on juridical practices is itself an index of the degree of popular ‘participation’ in the drafting of laws.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- juridic
- juridicial (but see usage notes)
Translations[edit]
Pertaining to the law
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