Judge JUDGE, n. [L. judex, supposed to be compounded of jus, law or right, and dico, to pronounce.]
1. A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court. The judge of a court of equity is called a chancellor.
2. The Supreme Being.
Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Gen 18.
3. One who presides in a court of judicature.
4. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety.
A man who is no judge of law, may be a good judge of poetry or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
5. In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers. The Israelites were governed by judges more than three hundred years, and the history of their transactions is called the book of Judges.
6. A juryman or juror. In criminal suits, the jurors are judges of the law as well as of the fact.
JUDGE, v.i. [L. judico.]
1. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood.
Judge not according to the appearance John 7.
2. To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.
If I did not know the originals, I should not be able to judge, by the copies, which was Virgil and which Ovid.
3. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence. He was present on the bench, but could not judge in the case.
The Lord judge between thee and me. Gen 16.
4. To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.
Judge in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1 Cor 11.
JUDGE, v.t. To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide.
Chaos shall judge the strife.
1. To try; to examine and pass sentence on.
Take ye him and judge him according to your law.
John 18.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Eccl 3.
2. Rightly to understand and discern.
He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. 1 Cor 2.
3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. Mat 7.
4. To esteem; to think; to reckon.
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--
Acts 16.
5. To rule or govern.
The Lord shall judge his people. Heb 10.
6. To doom to punishment; to punish.
I will judge thee according to thy ways. Ezek 7.

judge n 1: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice, jurist] 2: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality [syn: evaluator, judge] v 1: determine the result of (a competition) 2: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" [syn: evaluate, pass judgment, judge] 3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge] 4: pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here" [syn: pronounce, label, judge] 5: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials" [syn: judge, adjudicate, try]

judge - soriba

judge I. verb (judged; judging) Etymology: Middle English juggen, from Anglo-French juger, from Latin judicare, from judic-, judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to decide, say — more at just, diction Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing of premises 2. to sit in judgment on ; try 3. to determine or pronounce after inquiry and deliberation 4. govern, rule — used of a Hebrew tribal leader 5. to form an estimate or evaluation of; especially to form a negative opinion about <shouldn't judge him because of his accent> 6. to hold as an opinion ; guess, think <I judge she knew what she was doing> intransitive verb 1. to form an opinion 2. to decide as a judge Synonyms: see infer • judger noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English juge, from Anglo-French, from Latin judex Date: 14th century one who judges: as a. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court b. often capitalized a tribal hero exercising leadership among the Hebrews after the death of Joshua c. one appointed to decide in a contest or competition ; umpire d. one who gives an authoritative opinion e. critic • judgeship noun

judge
n. & v.
--n.
1 a public officer appointed to hear and try causes in a court of justice.
2 a person appointed to decide a dispute or contest.
3 a a person who decides a question. b a person regarded in terms of capacity to decide on the merits of a thing or question (am no judge of that; a good judge of art).
4 Jewish Hist. a leader having temporary authority in Israel in the period between Joshua and the Kings.
--v.
1 tr. a try (a cause) in a court of justice. b pronounce sentence on (a person).
2 tr. form an opinion about; estimate, appraise.
3 tr. act as a judge of (a dispute or contest).
4 tr. (often foll. by to + infin. or that + clause) conclude, consider, or suppose.
5 intr. a form a judgement. b act as judge.
Phrases and idioms:
Judge Advocate General an officer in supreme control of the courts martial in the armed forces. Judges' Rules Brit. rules regarding the admissibility of an accused's statements as evidence.
Derivatives:
judgelike adj. judgeship n.
Etymology: ME f. OF juge (n.), juger (v.) f. L judex judicis f. jus law + -dicus speaking

judge (judges, judging, judged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A judge is the person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied, for example how criminals should be punished. The judge adjourned the hearing until next Tuesday... Judge Mr Justice Schiemann jailed him for life. N-COUNT; N-TITLE 2. A judge is a person who decides who will be the winner of a competition. A panel of judges is now selecting the finalists. N-COUNT 3. If you judge something such as a competition, you decide who or what is the winner. Colin Mitchell will judge the entries each week... A grade B judge could only be allowed to judge alongside a qualified grade A judge. VERB: V n, V • judging The judging was difficult as always. N-UNCOUNT 4. If you judge something or someone, you form an opinion about them after you have examined the evidence or thought carefully about them. It will take a few more years to judge the impact of these ideas... I am ready to judge any book on its merits... It's for other people to judge how much I have improved... The UN withdrew its relief personnel because it judged the situation too dangerous... I judged it to be one of the worst programmes ever screened... The doctor judged that the man's health had, up to the time of the wound, been good... VERB: V n, V n on n, V wh, V n adj, V n to-inf, V that 5. If you judge something, you guess its amount, size, or value or you guess what it is. It is important to judge the weight of your washing load correctly... I judged him to be about forty... Though the shoreline could be dimly seen, it was impossible to judge how far away it was... = estimate VERB: V n, V n to-inf, V wh 6. If someone is a good judge of something, they understand it and can make sensible decisions about it. If someone is a bad judge of something, they cannot do this. I'm a pretty good judge of character... N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n 7. You use judging by, judging from, or to judge from to introduce the reasons why you believe or think something. Judging by the opinion polls, he seems to be succeeding... Judging from the way he laughed as he told it, it was meant to be humorous... PREP-PHRASE 8. If you say that something is true as far as you can judge or so far as you can judge, you are assuming that it is true, although you do not know all the facts about it. The book, so far as I can judge, is remarkably accurate. PHRASE: PHR with cl

judge ˈdʒʌdʒ n. & v. --n. 1 a public officer appointed to hear and try causes in a court of justice. 2 a person appointed to decide a dispute or contest. 3 a a person who decides a question. b a person regarded in terms of capacity to decide on the merits of a thing or question (am no judge of that; a good judge of art). 4 Jewish Hist. a leader having temporary authority in Israel in the period between Joshua and the Kings. --v. 1 tr. a try (a cause) in a court of justice. b pronounce sentence on (a person). 2 tr. form an opinion about; estimate, appraise. 3 tr. act as a judge of (a dispute or contest). 4 tr. (often foll. by to + infin. or that + clause) conclude, consider, or suppose. 5 intr. a form a judgement. b act as judge. øJudge Advocate General an officer in supreme control of the courts martial in the armed forces. Judges' Rules Brit. rules regarding the admissibility of an accused's statements as evidence. øøjudgelike adj. judgeship n. [ME f. OF juge (n.), juger (v.) f. L judex judicis f. jus law + -dicus speaking]

Judge \Judge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Judged; p. pr. & vb. n. Judging.] [OE. jugen, OF. jugier, F. juger, L. judicare, fr. judex judge; jus law or right + dicare to proclaim, pronounce, akin to dicere to say. See Just, a., and Diction, and cf. Judicial.] 1. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass sentence. The Lord judge between thee and me. --Gen. xvi. 5. Father, who art judge Of all things made, and judgest only right! --Milton. 2. To assume the right to pass judgment on another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v. t., 3. Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. --Shak. 3. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their relations and attributes, and thus distinguish truth from falsehood; to determine; to discern; to distinguish; to form an opinion about. Judge not according to the appearance. --John vii. 24. She is wise if I can judge of her. --Shak.

Judge \Judge\, n. [OE. juge, OF. & F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F. juger, to judge. See Judge, v. i.] 1. (Law) A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for that purpose. The parts of a judge in hearing are four: to direct the evidence; to moderate length, repetition, or impertinency of speech; to recapitulate, select, and collate the material points of that which hath been said; and to give the rule or sentence. --Bacon. 2. One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic. A man who is no judge of law may be a good judge of poetry, or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting. --Dryden. 3. A person appointed to decide in a?trial of skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse race. 4. (Jewish Hist.) One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years. 5. pl. The title of the seventh book of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges. Judge Advocate (Mil. & Nav.), a person appointed to act as prosecutor at a court-martial; he acts as the representative of the government, as the responsible adviser of the court, and also, to a certain extent, as counsel for the accused, when he has no other counsel. Judge-Advocate General, in the United States, the title of two officers, one attached to the War Department and having the rank of brigadier general, the other attached to the Navy Department and having the rank of colonel of marines or captain in the navy. The first is chief of the Bureau of Military Justice of the army, the other performs a similar duty for the navy. In England, the designation of a member of the ministry who is the legal adviser of the secretary of state for war, and supreme judge of the proceedings of courts-martial. Syn: Judge, Umpire, Arbitrator, Referee. Usage: A judge, in the legal sense, is a magistrate appointed to determine questions of law. An umpire is a person selected to decide between two or more who contend for a prize. An arbitrator is one chosen to allot to two contestants their portion of a claim, usually on grounds of equity and common sense. A referee is one to whom a case is referred for final adjustment. Arbitrations and references are sometimes voluntary, sometimes appointed by a court.

Judge \Judge\, v. t. 1. To hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a controversy between two parties. ``Chaos [shall] judge the strife.'' --Milton. 2. To examine and pass sentence on; to try; to doom. God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. --Eccl. iii. 7. To bring my whole cause 'fore his holiness, And to be judged by him. --Shak. 3. To arrogate judicial authority over; to sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward. Judge not, that ye be not judged. --Matt. vii. 1. 4. To determine upon or deliberation; to esteem; to think; to reckon. If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord. --Acts xvi. 15. 5. To exercise the functions of a magistrate over; to govern. [Obs.] Make us a king to judge us. --1 Sam. viii. 5.

JUDGE juj (shopheT; New Testament dikastes, krites): In the early patriarchal times the heads of families and the elders of the tribes were the judges (compare Ge 38:24), and their authority was based on custom. In the wilderness Moses alone was the judge until Jethro suggested a scheme of devolution. On his advice Moses divided the people into groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and over each group a wise and good man was set as a judge. Thereafter only the most important cases were brought before Moses (Ex 18:13-26; De 1:9-17). This arrangement ceased to be practicable when the children of Israel settled down in Canaan. Although David took counsel with the heads of thousands and hundreds (1Ch 13:1), it need not be assumed that this was a continuation of the plan adopted by Moses. Probably the local courts were not organized till the time of David. In the days of the Judges justice was ministered by those who had risen by wisdom or valor to that rank (Jud 4:5). An organized circuit court was established by Samuel, who judged cases himself, and also made his sons judges (1Sa 7:16; 8:1). After the monarchy was instituted, the king tried all cases, when requested to do so by the wronged person, in the palace gate (1Ki 7:7; Pr 20:8). There was no public prosecutor (2Sa 14:4; 15:2-6; 1Ch 18:14; 1Ki 3:16; 2Ki 15:5). Under David and Solomon there were probably local courts (1Ch 23:4; 26:29). Jehoshaphat organized a high court of justice (2Ch 19:8). The prophets often complain bitterly that the purity of justice is corrupted by bribery and false witness (Isa 1:23; 5:23; 10:1; Am 5:12; 6:12; Mic 3:11; 7:3; Pr 6:19; 12:17; 18:5). Even kings sometimes pronounced unjust sentences, especially in criminal cases (1Sa 22:6-19; 1Ki 22:26; 2Ki 21:16; Jer 36:26). An evil king could also bend local courts to do his will, as may be gathered from the case of Naboth's vineyard (1Ki 21:1-13). The first duty of a judge was to execute absolute justice, showing the same impartiality to rich and poor, to Jew and foreigner. He was forbidden to accept bribes or to wrest the judgment of the poor (Ex 23:6-8; De 16:19). He must not let himself be swayed by popular opinion, or unduly favor the poor (Ex 23:2,3). The court was open to the public (Ex 18:13; Ru 4:1,2). Each party presented his view of the case to the judge (De 1:16; 25:1). Possibly the accused appeared in court clad in mourning (Zec 3:3). The accuser stood on the right hand of the accused (Zec 3:1; Ps 109:6). Sentence was pronounced after the hearing of the case, and the judgment carried out (Jos 7:24,25). The only evidence considered by the court was that given by the witnesses. In criminal cases, not less than two witnesses were necessary (De 19:15; Nu 35:30; De 17:6; compare Mt 18:16; 2Co 13:1; 1Ti 5:19). In cases other than criminal the oath (see OATH) was applied (Ex 22:11; compare Heb 6:16). The lot was sometimes appealed to (Jos 7:14-18), especially in private disputes (Pr 18:18), but this was exceptional. When the law was not quite definite, recourse was had to the Divine oracle (Le 24:12; Nu 15:34). Paul Levertoff

Judge (Heb. shophet, pl. shophetim), properly a magistrate or ruler, rather than one who judges in the sense of trying a cause. This is the name given to those rulers who presided over the affairs of the Israelites during the interval between the death of Joshua and the accession of Saul (Judg. 2:18), a period of general anarchy and confusion. "The office of judges or regents was held during life, but it was not hereditary, neither could they appoint their successors. Their authority was limited by the law alone, and in doubtful cases they were directed to consult the divine King through the priest by Urim and Thummim (Num. 27:21). Their authority extended only over those tribes by whom they had been elected or acknowledged. There was no income attached to their office, and they bore no external marks of dignity. The only cases of direct divine appointment are those of Gideon and Samson, and the latter stood in the peculiar position of having been from before his birth ordained 'to begin to deliver Israel.' Deborah was called to deliver Israel, but was already a judge. Samuel was called by the Lord to be a prophet but not a judge, which ensued from the high gifts the people recognized as dwelling in him; and as to Eli, the office of judge seems to have devolved naturally or rather ex officio upon him." Of five of the judges, Tola (Judg. 10:1), Jair (3), Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (12:8-15), we have no record at all beyond the bare fact that they were judges. Sacred history is not the history of individuals but of the kingdom of God in its onward progress. In Ex. 2:14 Moses is so styled. This fact may indicate that while for revenue purposes the "taskmasters" were over the people, they were yet, just as at a later time when under the Romans, governed by their own rulers.

judge I. n. 1. Justice. 2. Arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee. 3. Critic, connoisseur. II. v. n. Decide, determine, conclude, form an opinion, pass an opinion, pass judgment, get at the truth, arrive at the truth, sit in judgment. III. v. a. 1. Try, doom, condemn, pass sentence upon. 2. Consider, regard, think, esteem, reckon, account, deem, believe, hold, suppose, imagine. 3. Appreciate, estimate, form an opinion about.

judge ˈdʒʌdʒ n. 1 justice, magistrate, jurist, Isle of Man deemster or dempster, Slang Brit beak: The judge demanded order in the court. 2 arbitrator, arbiter, umpire, referee, adjudicator, judicator, mediator, moderator: She served as a judge at Crufts dog show last year. 3 connoisseur, expert, authority, arbiter, appraiser, evaluator, reviewer, critic, arbiter elegantiarum or elegantiae: Let me be the judge of which work I do best. --v. 4 adjudicate, adjudge, arbitrate, decide, find, conclude, settle, determine, decree, pass judgement, deem, rule, pronounce or pass sentence: Do you think the jury will judge in Claus's favour? 5 assess, evaluate, appraise, estimate, rate, value, weigh, measure, review, consider, size up, appreciate: A ballistics expert is required to judge this evidence. 6 referee, umpire, mediate, moderate, arbitrate: Mr Farnsworth agreed to judge the essay competition. 7 believe, suspect, think, consider, suppose, guess, conjecture, surmise, conclude, infer: Palaeontologists judge the age of the specimens to be 400 million years.

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