JUDICIAL
Relating to the courts or belonging to the office of a judge; a term pertaining to the administration of justice, the courts, or a judge, as in judicial power.
A judicial act involves an exercise of discretion or an unbiased decision by a court or judge,
as opposed to a ministerial, clerical, or routine procedure. A judicial act affects the rights of the parties or property brought before the court. It is the interpretation and application of the law
to a particular set of facts contested by litigants
in a court of law, resulting from discretion and
based upon an evaluation of the evidence pre-
sented at a hearing.
Judicial connotes the power to punish, sen-
