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• judicial power — The authority exercised by that department of government which is charged with declaration of what law is and its construction. The authority vested in courts and judges, as distinguished from the executive and legislative power. Courts have… …   Black's law dictionary

• judicial power — The authority exercised by that department of government which is charged with declaration of what law is and its construction. The authority vested in courts and judges, as distinguished from the executive and legislative power. Courts have… …   Black's law dictionary

• Judicial review — is the power of the courts to annul the acts of the executive and/or the legislative power where it finds them incompatible with a higher norm. Judicial review is an example of the functioning of separation of powers in a modern governmental… …   Wikipedia

• power — pow·er n 1: capability of acting or of producing an effect parties of unequal bargaining power 2 a: authority or capacity to act that is delegated by law or constitution often used in pl. commerce power often cap C&P: the power delegated to… …   Law dictionary

• Judicial activism — is a pejorative term for the misuse of judicial power and is a neologism for the older classical term board judicial review . The most common connotation is subjective, in which the speaker condemns judicial decisions that, in the view of the… …   Wikipedia

• exercise — ex·er·cise 1 / ek sər ˌsīz/ n 1: the discharge of an official function or professional occupation 2: the act or an instance of carrying out the terms of an agreement (as an option) exercise 2 vt cised, cis·ing 1: to make effective in action …   Law dictionary

• judicial act — n: an act deriving from the normal exercise of judicial power within the proper jurisdiction used as a criterion for absolute judicial immunity Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• Judicial system of the People's Republic of China — For the Ministry of Justice, see Ministry of Justice of the People s Republic of China. People s Republic of China This article is part of the series: Politics and government of …   Wikipedia

• judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official. [1920 25] * * * Examination by a country s courts of the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative branches …   Universalium

• Judicial review in the United States — in terms of their lawfulness, or to review the constitutionality of a statute or treaty, or to review an administrative regulation for consistency with either a statute, a treaty, or the Constitution itself. At the federal level, there is no… …   Wikipedia

• Judicial functions of the House of Lords — This article is part of the series: Courts of England and Wales Law of England and Wales …   Wikipedia