court of appeals vs judicature

court of appeals and judicature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
court of appeals	Yes	No	No	No
judicature	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, judicature is a hypernym of court of appeals; that is, judicature is a word with a broader meaning than court of appeals:

court of appeals: a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies
judicature: an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

Other hypernyms of court of appeals include court, tribunal.

court of appeals (noun)	judicature (noun)
a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies	the act of meting out justice according to the law
	the position of judge
	the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
	an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business