word-vault/dist/data/cards/ju/judicial.json

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{
    "term": "judicial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "connected with a court, a judge or legal judgement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "judicial powers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the judicial process/system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Greenpeace applied for a judicial review to challenge the court’s decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Supreme Court ordered a judicial inquiry into the deaths."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒuˈdɪʃl/",
                "audio": "ju/judicial/judicial__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dʒuˈdɪʃl/",
                "audio": "ju/judicial/judicial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin judicialis, from judicium ‘judgement’, from judex, judic-, from jus ‘law’ + dicere ‘to say’."
}