judge; judiciary; judicial authorities
Formal term for the judiciary or judicial authorities as an institution, often used in news or legal contexts.
We have no choice but to await the judiciary's decision.
その事件は司直の手に委ねられた。
The case was entrusted to the judicial authorities.
A Sino-Japanese word from 司直, an official title for one charged with maintaining justice or correcting wrongdoing; it later came to denote judges and the judicial authorities collectively.