judicial review

noun

1

: review sense 5

2

: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional

Examples of judicial review in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The question in this case is whether that revocation is subject to judicial review. —Eli Sanders, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2024

The campaigners have brought the case before a judicial review, which will finally be heard in court in November. —Christine Ro, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024

Duke Energy similarly said its lobbyists were talking to the Hill about the bill's transmission and judicial review provisions. —Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024

Whether one looks at the United States over its own history, at comparisons among many countries, or at democracies that have gone from not having judicial review to having it, Dahl turns out to have been right that the heavy lifting is done by democracy, not constitutional courts. —Ian Shapiro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014

Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

judicial review

noun

1

: review

2

: a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional

also : the process of using this power see also checks and balances, Marbury v. Madison