Federal Judiciary
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈfɛdərəl dʒuˈdɪʃəri/
- Formal
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Poder Judicial Federal
- Many landmark decisions have been made by the federal judiciary that shaped American society.
- Committee on the Federal Judiciary
- members of the Federal Judiciary
Examples
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In assessing where these contending forces for and against jurisdiction come to rest, it is useful to remember that the federal judiciary is not a monolith.
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Judges, he says, should also carry smaller caseloads and have research help like their federal judiciary counterparts.
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By the way, the Constitution never grants the Federal judiciary the power to rule on the constitutionality of Federal law.
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The third repudiation came from the federal judiciary, and in two stages that sandwiched the House vote.
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Lincoln recognized that Article III of the Constitution created a federal judiciary to resolve disputes, particularly those involving the interpretation of the Constitution.
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While advocacy groups still have a place at the table, they are no longer able to instrumentalize the federal judiciary as an agenda-setting institution.
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Just as important, the two statutory proposals could be challenged under the provision granting life tenure to members of the federal judiciary.
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The federal judiciary has at times officially advocated curtailment of jurisdiction and has lobbied Congress against creating new federal claims.
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The federal judiciary is essential for upholding the Constitution and interpreting laws.
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The independence of the federal judiciary ensures fair trials and justice for all citizens.
Synonyms
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6.5
A system of courts and judges that applies the law in a country
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3.9
The courts and judges who use laws to make fair decisions about cases
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4.2
The part of government that says what laws mean and decides legal cases
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9.9
A system of courts and people who decide legal cases
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'federal' specifies the level of government and 'judiciary' denotes the system of courts, so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to the national-level courts. This is a standard, cross-linguistically common nominal composition and thus readily understandable at B1.
Etymology
Federal Judiciary comes from joining federal (the national government) and judiciary (the group of judges). Picture a group of judges in a national court building deciding cases about country-wide laws, and that's why it means 'the courts that explain and apply federal laws'.