judicial power
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 219 U.S. 346 - David Muskrat v. · 1911Most cited · 1,474 citing opinions
the judicial power, as we have seen, is the right to determine actual controversies arising between adverse litigants, duly instituted in courts of proper jurisdiction. The right to declare a law unconstitutional arises because an act of Congress relied upon by one or the other of such parties in determining their rights is in conflict with the fundamental law.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The authority vested in the judges or courts, as distinguished from that vested in other departments of government. That power by which judicial tribunals construe the constitution, and laws of the United States, or of the states, and determine the rights of parties, and application of the laws. 14 Abb. Pr. (N. S.; N. Y.)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The authority vested in courts and judges, as distinguished from the executive and legislative power. Gilbert v. Priest, 65 Barb. (N. Y.) 448; In re Walker, 68 App. Div. 196, 74 N. Y. Supp. 94 ; State v. Denny, 118 Ind. 382, 21 N. E. 252, 4 L. R. A. 79 ; In S. v. Kendall, 26 Fed. Cas. 753.
Defined under Judicial in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The authority vested in courts and judges, as distinguished from the executive and legislative power,