(a.) Of or pertaining to courts of judicature, or legal tribunals; judicial; as, a judiciary proceeding.
(n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many Hong Kong residents fear that Beijing – which governs the region under the principle of "one country, two systems" – has been encroaching on their civil liberties, free press and independent judiciary.
(2) Iowa senator Chuck Grassley, the Republican who chairs the Senate judiciary committee, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would crack down on jurisdictions that provide safe harbor for undocumented migrants by withholding some federal funding for state and local entities if they decline to cooperate with the government on the holding or transferring of undocumented migrants with criminal records.
(3) The Russians call it [the Crimea operation] ‘fast power’ – there are no democratic encumbrances, executive power is sovereign, the legislature, the military, the media, the judiciary are compliant.
(4) In a democracy, she said, it was important that rights and responsibilities be decided by a judiciary more reflective of society as a whole "and not just a very small section of it".
(5) Maryann Hunter, a deputy director with responsibility for regulation of foreign banking organisations, declined to tell a Senate judiciary committee hearing if, or when, the Fed received the data leak.
(6) Testifying before the Senate judiciary committee on Wednesday, John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia, said the court's ruling had left him devastated.
(7) This included guaranteeing: independence of the judiciary, the rule of law and our rights and freedoms and, in particular, that we would move steadily towards genuine universal suffrage.
(8) And secretary of state Hillary Clinton, visiting Hungary in 2011, pleaded for “a real commitment to the independence of the judiciary, a free press, and governmental transparency”.
(9) Iran's English language TV channel, Press TV, reported on Monday that according to Iran's East Azerbaijan Prosecutor Malek Ajdar Sharifi "the behaviour of the Germans showed they entered Iran as spies and tried to create negative atmosphere against Iran and the East Azerbaijan judiciary."
(10) Judge Aydin Akay was detained in September as part of a crackdown on the judiciary following the coup attempt.
(11) Public interest was eventually served, but the judiciary does not seem willing to learn the lessons of Trafigura.
(12) But somebody has to preside over the most demanding criminal appeals and lead the judiciary of England and Wales.
(13) The problem with this argument is that all publicly available evidence presented to Congress, the judiciary, or independent executive branch review suggests that the effect of bulk collection has been marginal .
(14) Accustomed to a world in which violence is pervasive, life is cheap and the public authorities – police and judiciary – cannot be relied upon to keep the peace or administer justice, many of Brazil's young men go armed and ready to use their weapons.
(15) The lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd , is head of the judiciary.
(16) Lord Judge has seniority in the judiciary of England and Wales, serving as lord chief justice in that realm, as the article noted.
(17) Ja'fari-Dowlatabadi told a press conference on Sunday that Shourd would be freed on health grounds but criticised the initial announcement of her release, saying it had been made while the judiciary was still working on the case.
(18) Others are unhappy about the president's clampdowns on the private media and the weakening of the judiciary.
(19) It’s of the utmost importance that the judiciary should not be immune from robust criticism,” he said.
(20) Iran's semi-official Isna news agency quoted a judiciary official in Isfahan, saying that an explosion had been heard.
Legislature
Definition:
(n.) The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body.
Example Sentences:
(1) "The Texas attorney general's office will continue to defend the Texas legislature's decision to prohibit abortion providers and their affiliates from receiving taxpayer dollars through the Women's Health Program."
(2) A recent UN study ranked Brazil 116th out of 143 countries in terms of the proportion of women in the national legislature and efforts to remedy this with a quota system – such as those adopted by neighbouring Argentina and Bolivia – have made little headway, despite Suplicy's heavy campaigning.
(3) The Russians call it [the Crimea operation] ‘fast power’ – there are no democratic encumbrances, executive power is sovereign, the legislature, the military, the media, the judiciary are compliant.
(4) More than 30 state and city legislatures, from Hawaii to New York, have discussed or proposed curbs on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) ranging from bans in schools to cuts in portion sizes and a sales tax.
(5) Rajoy’s People’s party (PP) emerged with the most votes in Sunday’s election, taking 123 seats but falling short of a majority in the 350-seat legislature.
(6) She concluded that the legislature had not given the corrections department too much power to determine the lethal injection procedures.
(7) Scott also released the code to the Parliament Edits bot, allowing similar accounts to be set up for other nation's legislatures.
(8) Under the restrictions to the Racial Justice Act introduced by the now Republican-held legislature, death row inmates must now provide more than mere statistical evidence that discrimination took place.
(9) In June 2013, a month before the state legislature passed the bill, there were 41 clinics in Texas that provided abortions, according to a study by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at the University of Texas.
(10) In your case, I am hoping you can respond to the criticisms of your testimony to the NY legislature made by Val Giddings in a recent blog post.
(11) Ostensibly, Cook was there to take his place in the Alabama Academy of Honour, a distinction granted by the state legislature to its most accomplished citizens.
(12) Beijing has promised universal suffrage for elections for the chief executive in 2017 and for the legislature by 2020.
(13) The veteran Republican operative sees a party still dominant in state legislatures and says “the people who focus only on presidential elections are getting distracted”.
(14) The Tobruk parliament was Libya’s second elected legislature since longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising.
(15) Some (even many, or perhaps most) may actually like their national legislature not getting gummed up over every name thrown its way, if they choose to care at all.
(16) Across the country motorcycle taxi drivers, cobblers, parking attendants, construction workers and nursery teachers are vying for seats in the country's various legislatures.
(17) Republican senators did try a little electronic slight of hand – someone changed the timestamp of the vote as seen on the legislature's website.
(18) But their efforts have focused primarily on legislatures at the state level , where lawmakers have been more amenable to passing bills that would close loopholes in the background checks system and prevent individuals convicted of domestic violence from obtaining firearms.
(19) He scored a significant victory in the Florida legislature last week when lawmakers approved a measure to allow professional sports franchises in the state to compete for sales tax subsidies to help with construction projects.
(20) Another similar bill is passing through the state legislature in Georgia .