Where appropriate, judicial discretion allows a judge to decide a legal case or matter within a range of possible decisions.

After three children, the Guideline would be replaced by judicial discretion.

"I think judicial discretion is going to be the heart of the battle."

The law disallows any judicial discretion, even from bankruptcy judges.

A judicial discretion is the essence of real justice.

A key battleground will be the scope of judicial discretion.

The Rockefeller experiment took away judicial discretion on many drug issues.

I'm going to use judicial discretion, however, and offer you another option.

How far judicial discretion on sentencing should be directed by Government policy is problematic.

Legal experts said the decision probably did not violate the limits of judicial discretion.