judicatory

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These annual mass meetings or General Assemblies continued to be held, for many centuries after their first establishment, at the city of York, and were, during all that period, the supreme judicatory of the fraternity.

From The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

In one respect this judicatory differed from the Jewish council, for it was not limited to seventy members.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

The response of the supreme judicatory was in this case as ambiguous as on any former occasion.

From Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive by Presbytery, The Reformed

It is but for a moment indeed before the judicatory; and then out of doors it contradicts itself, as in the mock repentances.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

But bodies, having several differences and diversities, are comprehended, some by one judicatory function, others by another, as by several organs.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch