0 being studied or decided in a law court at the present time:
1 a legal case that is sub judice is being studied or decided in a law court at the present time, and so some details of it cannot be discussed in newspapers, on television, etc.:
They could make no comment on the industrial dispute, as it was sub judice.
Appellants might be held under the king's protection while their cases were sub judice.
The efficacy of testicular extracts and implantation remains sub judice, requiring far more systematic animal experiments, and in humans a proper elimination of any auto- and heterosuggestion effects.
In some cases, these appeals represented cries of desperation or frustration at the ineptitude of the judicial system and essentially sought a speedy sub judice response to cases.
I am not seeking to hide behind the sub judice rule.
The matter is therefore sub judice and it would be inappropriate for me to comment.
I think that, as the matter is now sub judice, it would not be proper to comment further.
We are at the moment considering the very complicated matter of the sub judice rule.
This matter has been previously considered—obviously rightly —to be coming under the sub judice rules under which we operate.
