judicature

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Such competence is the concern of the judicature society, and with the aid of the American Bar Association the group has been racking up some notable successes in its campaign against the election of judges.

From Time Magazine Archive

His lordship remarked that this was a very serious crime, and, as he was desirous that sentence should be pronounced by the highest judicature of the country, judgment was reserved. 

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles

The experience of other countries makes it undesirable to part with the summary remedy so long as it is in the hands of a trusted judicature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

Whether the courts of judicature were guided by the feudal customs or the Roman law, it was necessary for them to resolve litigated questions with precision and uniformity.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

By this proclamation it was also declared "that as the courts of judicature were shut, martial law should take place till a due course of justice should be reëstablished."

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various