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Judicial vs Postconviction - What's the difference?

judicial | postconviction |

As adjectives the difference between judicial and postconviction

is that judicial is of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice while postconviction is occurring after a judicial conviction.

As a noun judicial

is that branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

judicial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.}}

    Derived terms

    * judicial astrology * judicial review

    Noun

    (-)
  • That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice.

    • postconviction

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occurring after a judicial conviction.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 21, author=Linda Greenhouse, title=Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity. }}

    Antonyms

    *preconviction