Judicature /(?; 135)/

Ju·di·ca·ture

Judicature

n.
  1. The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.
    The honor of the judges in their judicature is the king's honor.
  2. A court of justice; a judicatory.
  3. The right of judicial action; jurisdiction; extent jurisdiction of a judge or court.
    Our Savior disputes not here the judicature, for that was not his office, but the morality, of divorce.