It's a member of the judicatory (see 3 here): ---------- judicatory Function: noun Inflected Form(s): -es Etymology: Medieval Latin judicatorium court of law, from Latin judicatus (past participle of judicare ) + -orium -ory 1 : JUDICIARY 1a <evidence in the Saxon Judicatory sometimes consisted in the ... testimony of the fact itself -- Nathaniel Bacon> 2 : JUDICATURE 2 <the treaties of the United States had been ... A.
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