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juridical

juridical

2 8.7
About the law, court cases, or how courts make decisions
  • adjective
  • /dʒʊˈrɪdɪkəl/
  • Formal
translation icon : jurídico
  • The question of interest to me is what juridical accommodation the Pope will make in the interim.
  • juridical statehood
  • juridical norm
  • juridical status

Examples

  • Recourse to precolonial laws has continued to dominate the juridical debate over land in postcolonial Kenya.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Let us accept these ways of speaking and the juridical formalism of the process.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The commission reported on three major concerns: juridical equality, education, and employment.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In the beginning, the school was under juridical influence and the professors came from its School of Law.

    Academic text (1994)
  • One night he asked whether he thought that, from a strictly juridical point of view, his punishment had been just.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Yes, it's an SJD degree, doctor of juridical science and is the highest degree in law.

  • The government is asserting its clear juridical title to the companies.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Yet he wants to determine the precise juridical status of the penitent.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Mercantile society, according to this view, is represented as a contractual association of isolated juridical subjects.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The juridical framework ensures that all citizens are treated equally under the law.

Synonyms

legal
vsjuridical
2.5

Relating to the law, lawyers, or what the law allows

is narrower, focusing on court proceedings and justice administration
judicial
vsjuridical
  • Formal
193 6.1

Relating to courts and judges who deal with the law

focuses more on legal proceedings and wider justice administration rather than courts
adjudicative
vsjuridical
  • Formal
1 8.9

About making a formal decision in a court case

is broader, covering law, proceedings, and overall justice administration
adjudicatory
vsjuridical
  • Formal
1 9.9

Relating to a formal decision or hearing about a legal dispute

focuses instead on the general law and its administration, not only the decision process
juridic
vsjuridical
  • Formal
9.4

Relating to law, courts, and legal rules

is identical in meaning but uses a different adjective ending
juristic
vsjuridical
  • Formal
9.8

About law and people's rights and duties

centers on legal processes and the administration of justice instead
jural
vsjuridical
  • Formal
9.9

Relating to law and the legal rights and duties of people

extends beyond rights to include proceedings and justice administration

How Legal

lawful
  • Formal
82 2.9
legal
2.5
juridical
  • Formal
2 8.7
illegal
1.0

Surface Forms

juridical positive

Morphology

juridical = juridic (semi-transparent) = jurid + ic + al

The formation juridic + -al is regular, but the base 'juridic' (and the combining form 'jurid-') is relatively uncommon, so learners who do not already know the legal root may not deduce the meaning easily.

Etymology

Juridical comes from the root jur- and juris, which means 'law', the same root you see in jury and justice. So juridical means things 'related to the law' or to legal decisions.