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Penal vs Judicial - What's the difference?

penal | judicial |

As adjectives the difference between penal and judicial

is that penal is of or relating to punishment while judicial is of or relating to a court of law, or to the administration of justice.

As a noun judicial is

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

penal

English

Alternative forms

* * * (l) (obsolete) * (archaic) * (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to punishment.
  • penal servitude
  • Subject to punishment; punishable.
  • a penal offence
  • Serving as a place of punishment.
  • a penal colony

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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.