judicature

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

noun

1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.
   Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country. 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207