judicial review
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6.9
- noun
- /dʒuˈdɪʃəl rɪˈvju/
- Formal
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revisión judicial
- Citizens have the right to request judicial review if they believe a government action is unlawful.
- judicial review standard
- power of judicial review
- judicial review of decisions
OK, so the, the, the Kira Bell won that judicial review.
- OK, so the, the, the Kira Bell won that judicial review.
- Yes, so so it was a judicial review and that was to challenge the idea that under eighteens could consent to these procedures.
- And locking up little kids on, on islands off off, off Australia without any judicial review, that's there's nothing good about that doesn't make people feel good.
- I mean, I, I'd like to think, no, I did the judicial review and it got ripped apart, which I could go, yeah, it's, it's, it's quite annoying how it happened.
Examples
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Second, the same prudential considerations counseling against judicial review of decisions to dismiss also counsel against judicial review of DPAs.
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Congress has looked into modifying the Speedy Trial Act to expand judicial review of N/DPAs.
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Where the sides share a common ground is one proposed solution: judicial review.
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Special interests include state and religion, judicial review, and freedom of speech.
Academic text (1991) -
All this is aside from the problem of the extent and consequences of judicial review.
Academic text (1999) -
One element relevant to the spirit of constitutionalism is the power of judicial review.
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Accordingly, judicial review is a necessary check on a system that now aggrandizes power in the Executive.
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Adding judicial review on top of that doesn't seem to make any difference as far as preserving individual rights is concerned.
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Furthermore, Senator Thurmond limited the Judiciary Committee's review generally to three areas: judicial review, contribution, and citizen suits.
Academic text (1990) -
The court's interpretation correctly accounts for prudential considerations counseling against robust judicial review absent congressionally provided criteria.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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3.0
A check by a doctor to see progress or problems
How Thorough
- Formal
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3.4
- Formal
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6.9
- Specialized
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7.4
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'judicial' (relating to courts) + 'review' (an official examination) yields 'an examination conducted by a court'. This is a common noun-noun/legal phrase pattern found across languages and lacks idiomatic shift, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will grasp the basic meaning (though finer legal powers are specialized).
Etymology
Judicial review comes from a simple image: the judicial part means judge and the review part means looking again, as when a judge looks back over a law or decision. That's why judicial review means a court's power to 'check' government actions and see if they are 'lawful'.