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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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JUDICATORY, n. Also judicatorie. A court of judicature in church or state; a body or tribunal having judicial authority.

Freq. in Sc. church usage. [dʒu′dɪkətorɪ]Sc. 1705 Lord Seafield's Letters (S.H.S.) 30:
If her Maty. did not remove the judiccatories from Edinburgh, att least, the government would take care of bringing in sufficient guards within the towne.Sc. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scot. II. 74:
In this perilous position stood the Church, the authority of its judicatories called in question.Sc. 1830 W. Chambers Bk. Scotland 121:
The different species of judicatories in Scotland, instituted for the purpose of hearing and determining criminal charges.Sc. 1880 W. Grossart Shotts 176:
A petition . . . of private Christians in Shotts, bearing their secession from the judicatories of the Established Church.Sc. 1934 J. Barr Hist. U.F. Church 25:
Under obligation to obey my Presbytery and the Superior Judicatories of the Church.