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judicial review

ju·di·cial re·view (plural ju·di·cial re·views)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. re-examination by judges: a reassessment or re-examination by judges of a decision or proceeding by a lower court or a government department

2. constitutional facility for reviewing legislation: a constitutional right of the court system in some countries to review and cancel government legislation that is held to have been passed illegally

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