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quasi-judicial

[ kwey-zahy-joo-dish-uhl, kwey-sahy-, kwah-see-, -zee- ]

adjective

  1. noting, pertaining to, or exercising powers or functions that resemble those of a court or a judge:

    a quasi-judicial agency.



quasi-judicial

adjective

  1. denoting or relating to powers and functions similar to those of a judge, such as those exercised by an arbitrator, administrative tribunal, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quasi-judicial1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

The protests before the county election boards are quasi-judicial proceedings, he said, and the statements made in the case were relevant to the matters at hand.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is now seeking an order from the agency’s quasi-judicial hearing board to compel Tesla to correct the issues.

They did rule, however, that Porter was granted the privilege because he operated within a “quasi-judicial election protest proceeding.”

“As the P.S.C. chairman, he stood up for the duty of quasi-judicial officers to make their judgments independent of political influences,” Mr. Sundram said.

A judge dismissed Khan's lawsuit against Doe on the grounds that the university's disciplinary hearing was a "quasi-judicial proceeding," making Doe's statements immune from Khan's defamation claims.

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