juridical

juridical

English

Etymology

From juridic +‎ -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/

Adjective

juridical (comparative more juridical, superlative most juridical)

1. Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
   • 1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley, Penguin 1998, page 85:

     ...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience.

Related terms

• juridic

Translations

Pertaining to the law

Dutch: juridisch (nl) Finnish: juridinen (fi), lainopillinen, oikeudellinen (fi) French: juridique (fr)

Georgian: იურიდიული (iuridiuli), კანონიერი (ḳanonieri) German: juristisch (de), juridisch (de) Romanian: juridic (ro) n