| Judaize |
to conform to or bring into conformity with Jewish practices, beliefs, customs, or the like. |
| Judas |
according to the New Testament, the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ in exchange for thirty pieces of silver; Judas Iscariot. [3 definitions] |
| Judas tree |
a North American and Eurasian tree with purplish flowers; redbud. |
| Jude |
a book of the New Testament. [2 definitions] |
| Judeo- |
Jewish. |
| judge |
a legally trained public official who is authorized to preside over and decide cases brought before a court; magistrate. [10 definitions] |
| judge advocate |
in the military, a staff officer assigned as legal advisor to a commander or as the prosecutor at a court-martial. |
| Judges |
a book of the Old Testament that relates the history of the Jews between the death of Joshua and the birth of Samuel. |
| judgment |
the act of judging. [5 definitions] |
| judgmental |
tending to form disapproving opinions of others |
| Judgment Day |
in Christian theology, the day of God's last judgment; day of reckoning; doomsday. |
| judicatory |
of or pertaining to judging or justice, as in the legal system. [2 definitions] |
| judicature |
the administration of justice by courts or judges. [3 definitions] |
| judicial |
of, concerning, or appropriate to judges, courts of law, or the administration of justice. [3 definitions] |
| judicial activism |
judicial practice based on the belief that courts may play a role in the creation of new policy by broadly interpreting and reinterpreting the language of the Constitution and other laws when doing so best enables the service of justice. |
| judicial restraint |
judicial practice based on the belief that courts should not influence the creation of new policy or laws and that they should only interfere with the laws of the legislature when they are deemed clearly unconstitutional. |
| judicial review |
the power of a court to review the constitutionality of laws and governmental actions, or the practice of doing so. |
| judiciary |
of or concerning judges, courts of law, or the administration of justice. [4 definitions] |
| judicious |
characterized by or using sound judgment; wise; prudent. |
| judo |
the sport or discipline of defensive fighting without weapons, based on jujitsu but prohibiting blows or other strikes, as well as throws intending to cause harm. |
| jug |
a container for liquid that usu. has a handle and a narrow spout. [7 definitions] |