judicial review (English, noun)
expansion: judicial review (plural judicial reviews)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: The doctrine, implemented in varying ways in differing jurisdictions, that authorities within the judicial branch of government may examine and make rulings on the legal validity of decisions and actions of the legislative and executive branches of government and, in some jurisdictions, of others within the judicial branch itself.
tags: uncountable
topics: law
glosses: A judicial process undertaken under this doctrine.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: judicial reviews
tags: plural