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judgedom

judgedom

English

Noun

judgedom (uncountable)

  1. The realm or sphere of judges.
    • 1969, American Kennel Club, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette, page 52:
      Earl Gullikson, a familiar and well loved figure in the Basenji ring for twenty years, was introduced and given an ovation at the news of his plans to enter the Olympian heights of judgedom.
    • 2004, Rob Laughner, Our Nun, page 125:
      Little quirk there in my particular branch of judgedom, he said.
    • 2008, Cathy Holton, The Secret Lives of the Kudzu Debutantes, page 205:
      She had practiced law in a small town enough years to know that to ask a judge to recuse himself was like declaring war on the entire Kingdom of judgedom itself.

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