judicial review
noun
lawspecializeduk/dʒuːˌdɪʃ.əl rɪˈvjuː/us/dʒuːˌdɪʃ.əl rɪˈvjuː/[CorU]
(in the UK) theprocessin which adecisionmade by agovernmentdepartmentor otherpublicorganizationisexaminedby acourtoflawtodecidewhether it wasrightor not:
(英国)司法审查(法院审查公共机构的行动或决定是否正确)Decisions made bypublicbodiesmay besubjecttojudicialreview.公共机构作出的决定可能受到司法审查。
There will be ajudicialreviewof the Environment Department'sdecisionto giveplanningpermissionfor a newsuperstoreon thesite.环境部决定允许在该地区建造一个新的超级商店,这一决定将接受司法审查。
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- plead
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
- reconvict
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Decisions and deciding
[U]
(in the US) theprocessby which theSupremeCourtdecideswhether something can beallowedaccordingto the Constitution(= the set ofpoliticalprinciplesby which theUnitedStatesisgoverned):
(美国)司法审查(最高法院审查某事是否符合宪法)One of the Court's mostfundamentalpowersisjudicialreview– thepowertojudgetheconstitutionalityof anyactorlawof theexecutiveorlegislativebranch.最高法院最基本的权力之一是司法审查,即判断行政或立法部门的任何行为或法律是否符合宪法的权力。
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- conveyancing
- exhibit
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- gagging order
- inquest
- moot
- plead
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
- reconvict
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Decisions and deciding