FEDERAL JUDICIARY
Dictionary entry overview: What does Federal Judiciary mean?
• FEDERAL JUDICIARY (noun)
The noun FEDERAL JUDICIARY has 1 sense:
1. the judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws
Familiarity information: FEDERAL JUDICIARY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FEDERAL JUDICIARY (noun)
Meaning:
The judiciary of the United States which is responsible for interpreting and enforcing federal laws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Federal Judiciary" is a kind of...):
judicatory; judicature; judicial system; judiciary (the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government)
law enforcement agency (an agency responsible for insuring obedience to the laws)
Meronyms (parts of "Federal Judiciary"):
federal court (a court establish by the authority of a federal government)
F.I.S.C.; Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (a secret federal court created in 1978 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; responsible for authorizing wiretaps and other forms of electronic surveillance and for authorizing searches of suspected spies and terrorists by the Department of Justice or United States intelligence agencies)
