Jū′di-ca-tūre, n.

(53), n. [Fr. judicature, Sp. judicatura, It. giudicatura, L. Lat. judicatura.]

1. The power of distributing justice by legal trial and determination; the state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice.
2. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction.

Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce. Milton.

3. A court of justice; a judicatory.
4. Extent of jurisdiction of a judge or court.

Bouvier. Craig.