sub judice

1. 1.

   before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination

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Questions about sub judice

What does sub judice mean?

sub judice means "before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination".

Is sub judice a common word?

sub judice is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.