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Judge

Jūdge or Judge-Advocate, n.

noun

n. [Fr. juge, Pr. jutge, Sp. juez, Pg. juiz, It. giudice, from Lat. judex, from judicare. See infra.]

  1. (Law.) A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose, according to his commission, or according to law.
  2. The Supreme Being.

Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? Gen. xviii. 25. 3. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert. A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting. Dryden.

  1. (Jewish Hist.) A chief magistrate with civil and military powers, such as those who governed the nation more than three hundred years.
  2. (pl.) The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament.

Judge-Advocate (Mil.), a person appointed to act as public prosecutor at a court-martial: he acts both as the representative of the government and as the responsible adviser of the court. Syn.—JUDGE, UMPIRE, ARBITRATOR, REFEREE. A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, and sometimes appointed by a court.

Jŭdge, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. JUDGED; p. pr. & vb. n. JUDGING.] [Fr. juger, Pr. jutgar, jutjar, Sp. juzgar, Pg. julgar, It. giudicare, Lat. judicare, from jus, law or right, and dicare, to proclaim, pronounce.]

Sense 1. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence; as, he was present on the bench, but could not judge in the case.

The Lord judge between thee and me. Gen. xvi. 5.

Sense 2. To assume authority to try any thing and pass judgment on it; to sit in judgment or condemnation.

It is not ours to judge—far less condemn. Byron.

Sense 3. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to form an opinion; to determine; to distinguish. “Judge not according to the appearance.” John vii. 24.

She is wise, if I can judge of her. Shak.

Jŭdge, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. “Chaos shall judge the strife.” Milton. 2. To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom. God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Eccl. iii. 17. To bring my whole cause before his holiness, And to be judged of him. Shak. 3. To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward. Judge not, that ye be not judged. Matt. vii. 1. 4. To determine upon inquiry or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon. “If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord.” Acts xvi. 15.