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justicen. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French justice; Latin iūstitia. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman jostise, justis, justiz, justize, justyse, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French justise, justice (French justice ) just behaviour, moral uprightness (c1050), power to administer the law, maintenance of legal, social, or moral principles by the exercise of authority or power (end of the 11th cent.), infliction of punishment (end of the 11th cent.; 1350 in specific sense ‘capital punishment, execution’), judge, magistrate, prefect (a1140; in Anglo-Norman also in specific sense ‘judge presiding over or belonging to one of the superior courts’ (a1259 or earlier: see High Justice n.)), institution representing the law and charged with administering it (c1150), jurisdiction, judicial or legal authority (c1155), judicial body or assembly (12th cent.), gallows (1180), that which is right (c1240 or earlier), administration of law (mid 13th cent. or earlier), personification of justice (a1280), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin iūstitia fairness, equity, also personified, (of reasons) validity, adequacy, in post-classical Latin also righteousness, divine justification, state of grace, law, precept (Vetus Latina, Vulgate), administration of justice, judicial proceedings (6th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources), law, whole of legal regulations (7th cent.), suit, plea (9th cent.), executed judgement, sentence (9th cent.; frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), jurisdiction, judicial authority (10th cent.), particular body of law (11th cent.), punishment (frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), judge, magistrate (frequently from early 12th cent. in British sources), judge of a superior court (from early 12th cent. in British sources), judiciary (12th cent. in British and continental sources), area of jurisdiction (12th cent.), office or court of a judge (from 12th cent. in British sources), place of execution (14th cent.), just claim to something (1595 in the passage translated in quot. 1596 at sense 9b) < iūstus just adj. + -itia -ice suffix1.Compare Old Occitan justicia , Catalan justícia (1248), Spanish justicia (first half of the 12th cent.), Portuguese justiça (13th cent.), Italian giustizia (a1294). The Latin word was also borrowed into other Germanic languages, in some cases via French; compare e.g. Middle Dutch justicie (Dutch justitie ), Middle Low German justicie , German Justiz (16th cent.), Swedish justitie (early 17th cent.; now usually justis ), early modern Danish, Danish justits . With Justice of the King's Bench , Justice of the Queen's Bench (see sense 5b) compare post-classical Latin justitiarius de banco , justitiarius in banco (from 13th cent. in British sources), Anglo-Norman justise du Bank (end of the 13th cent. or earlier; also justise al bank , justise en bank ). With Justice of the Common Pleas (see sense 5b) compare post-classical Latin justitiarius ad communia placita (13th cent. in a British source). In β. forms probably partly after Anglo-Norman (rare) justicie, variant (with suffix substitution (see -y suffix3), perhaps after classical Latin iūstitia ) of justice, and partly with remodelling of the ending directly after classical Latin iūstitia (compare -y suffix3). The word is also attested early as a surname (in sense 5a): Aug. Iustise (1227–8), Will. la Justice (1258), Willelmus Justice (1287), etc., in early use probably reflecting the Anglo-Norman word. The Latin word was earlier borrowed into Old English, as is shown by the following isolated attestation of a weak inflected form iustitian , perhaps of feminine gender (nominative iustitie ), < classical Latin iūstitia in its post-classical sense ‘vessel containing a lawful amount of ale or wine, flagon’ (from 11th cent. in British and continental sources; compare just n.2):OE Monasteriales Indicia (1996) lxxix. 36 Ðonne þu cuppan oððe iustitian wylle, þonne do þu þine hand nyþerweard and tobræd þine fingras. Compare also the following early attestations of Latin iustitia in an English context as the name of one of the four cardinal virtues (compare sense 7):OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 20 Oðer mægen is Iustitia, þæt is rihtwisnys.OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. i. 84 Þa feower mægna þus synd genemned: iustitia, prudentia, temperantia, fortitudo.a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 105 An oðer hali mihte is icleped iusticia, þat is, rihtwisnesse. I. Administration of law or equity. society > authority > [noun] > authority in maintenance of right society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 He dide god iustise and makede pais. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 150 Sal be sythen tald..o salomon þe wis How craftilik he did iustis. a1475 J. Fortescue (Laud) (1885) 156 We shul nowe mowe enjoye oure owne goode, and live vndir justice. 1549 H. Latimer 3rd Serm. Sig. H.i You must not onely do iustyce, but do it iustlye, you must obserue all the circumstaunces. You must geue iustyce, and minister iust iudgement in time. 1583 i. viii. 8 Some one then whom God had endewed with singular wisedome..to administer iustice. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in (1727) 601 Where Justice is not, the fertilest Land becomes barren. 1680 S. Bethel 77 Neither doth the barrenness of that part of Italy wherein Rome stands, make that City flourish now under Ecclesiastical Oppression, as it antiently did under Justice and good order. 1734 tr. C. Rollin I. ii. 321 The Senate, after both Sides were heard, answered that they were inclined to do Justice wherever it was due. 1790 J. Bentham iii. 22 If men could have lived seven years without justice, so might they until seventy times seven. 1828 J. Morier I. xiv. 158 The shah's throne, on which he sits to administer justice. 1874 J. R. Green ii. §1. 60 Commerce and trade were promoted by the justice and policy of the Kings. 1913 E. V. Abbot iii. 226 If they want justice, they must see to it that they preserve the courts. 1963 Feb. 117/2 The Los Angeles Public Defender's Office would protect and fight for my rights as a human and see that I got justice. 2003 P. Brand i. iii. 100 The litigants were provided with important safeguards against the lord's failure to provide justice. 2. society > authority > punishment > [noun] society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > infliction of ?a1160 (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 Þa the suikes undergæton ðat he milde man was & softe..& na iustise ne dide, þa diden hi alle wunder. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) i. l. 1010 (MED) Themperour..seide he wolde do justice. 1490 W. Caxton tr. (1885) xxviii. 584 Lete vs be drowned, hanged, or drawen, or what iustyse ye wylle. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. ccxxx. 310 Bycause of the marueylous cruell iustyece that he had done. 1639 J. Fletcher et al. iii. i. sig. F2 Rol. Take his head Off with a sword. Bal... Tis the best Of all thy damned justices. 1799 Sept. 188/2 Ferdinand..is unable himself to inflict justice on the wretch, and therefore he is led away to suffer on the scaffold. 1849 27 Jan. 143/1 Do unto others what they would have done for you, or else I will be obliged to exact justice. 1892 27 Feb. 201/3 Not every jury will mete out to a mayor the lenient justice which Pinney met with. 1928 W. Thorp ii. ii. 130 Men of the Renaissance..could..recognize as authentic these longings for direct and personally inflicted justice. 2011 L. G. Fisher v. 60 ‘And if the former fails to return, we could exact justice upon the latter.’ ‘String him up, you mean?’ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows 1484 W. Caxton tr. vi. xiv. f. ciiijv As men ledde hym to the Iustyce, his moder folowed hym and wepte sore. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 30 Thar ordand thai thir lordis suld be slayne, A Iustice maid quhilk wes of mekill mayne. 1588 Narr. Def. Berghen 14 Sept. in (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1907) 201 In the night tyme they were hard hewinge of Timer, and in the morninge yt was preceyved that they had cut downe the Justice. 3. society > law > administration of justice > [noun] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 10647 Þe eire of iustize wende aboute in þe londe. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 1310 Þe fyfþe [comaundement]..Ys, ‘sle no man with þyn honde, With-outyn iustyce [Fr. sanz iustise], for felonye.’ ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 315 Þo ilk men..suld..enforme ȝour kynges, Withouten mo justise or trauaile of oþer lordynges. 1484 W. Caxton tr. v. x. f. lxxxviijv My fader was no legist..ne also man of Iustyce. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus ii. viii. sig. L.viii Thei haue no officers of Iustice among them, because thei do nothing that ought to be punisshed. 1598 tr. P. Matthieu Hist. Troubles France in tr. J. de Serres 95 Hath he put any of his subiects to death without iusticie [Fr. iustice], like Maximin? 1612 F. Bacon (new ed.) 218 The place of Iustice is an hallowed place. 1615 G. Sandys 62 Here the Vizier Bassas of the Port..do sit in iustice. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet (1724) I. 175 The Lord Clarendon put the justice of the Nation in very good hands. 1727 A. Hamilton I. v. 48 In no Part of the World is Justice bought and sold more publickly than here. 1818 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt III. 179 Such is the state of the negroes, that justice..cannot even punish acts of barbarity, that have caused their death. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in 3 Assassins, and all flyers from the hand Of Justice. 1924 2 606/2 He would have required the traditional feline resurrective powers to have had the death penalty inflicted as frequently as legal justice would have indicated. 1963 F. H. Hinsley iii. xvi. 338 Action was to be taken to uphold justice always and peace as far as possible. 2012 D. E. Beloof viii. 291 Flawed evidentiary policies can thwart justice for victims of sexual violence. society > law > legal power > [noun] c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 259 Redeth the Bible and fynd it exp[re]sly Of wyn yeuynge to hem þt han Iustise. a1500 (?c1450) xxviii. 575 The xix kynges..comaunded alle hem that were vnther theire Iustice. 1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie iii. iii. 276 Concerning the punishment of the horsemen, that appertaineth vnto their Captaine, and the punishment of the Captaines vnto their Generall, who likewise is vnder the iustice of the King his Lieutenant. 1617 F. Moryson iii. 205 Not onely the free Cities of the Empire have the priviledge of the Sword, or capitall Iustice granted to them. 1897 F. W. Maitland ii. iii. 275 He may pay the ángild to the plaintiff and, this done, will have justice over the offender. 1920 177 420/2 The Supreme Court..has justice over all other courts. 1991 J. W. Baldwin 321 Unless, of course, justice actually fell to an ecclesiastic. society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > personified society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > personified or represented ?a1425 (Cotton App.) (1967) l. 122 (MED) Whiles þei strofe on þis wyse, Come þe third doughter Iustise. ?1526 G. Hervet in tr. Erasmus Ep. Ded. sig. A.ijv Iustice with her sore thretnynges compelleth a man to flee vice. 1559 D. Lindsay Complaynt in (rev. ed.) sig. Gvi Iustice haldis hir sweird on hie. 1600 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 101 You are right Iustice, and you weigh this well, Therefore still beare the Ballance and the Sword. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn xv, in 7 Yea Truth, and Justice then Will down return to men, Th'enameld Arras of the Rainbow wearing. 1713 (ed. 2) ii. 10 Their Punishment's lame, as their Justice is blind. 1785 W. Cowper iv. 683 Conducting trade At the sword's point, and dyeing the white robe Of innocent commercial justice red. 1849 J. Iredell 9 409 Policy never yet stript, successfully, the bandage from the eyes of Justice. 1872 A. C. Swinburne in Sept. 249 He called upon justice by her other name of mercy; he claimed for all alike the equity of compassion. 1935 Feb. 44/1 Blind Justice kicked, beaten, taken for a ride and left for dead. 2012 S. Frater iv. 29 The..statue..which, unlike almost all other depictions of Lady Justice, wears no blindfold. II. An agent of the administration of law or equity. 5. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] a1225 (c1200) (1888) 105 An oðer hali mihte is icleped iusticia, þat is, rihtwisnesse...Hie awh wel to bene iustise inne godes temple. c1300 St. James Great (Laud) 111 in C. Horstmann (1887) 37 Abiatar, þat þo was Iustise, luþur i-novȝ, For þis dede he was wroth. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 1416 Pilatus he sende þuder hor Iustise to be þere Vorto holde hom harde inou. c1400 (?c1380) (1920) l. 877 (MED) Who joyned þe be jostyse oure japez to blame? a1475 Visio Philiberti (Brogyntyn) in J. O. Halliwell (1855) 29 To ȝeyf aconttus at the laste, Befor the most feyrful Justyse. 1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara v. sig. e.v Thou shalt not feare neither Iudges nor Iustices lest they should be to sore against the. 1611 1 Esdras viii. 23 Thou, Esdras..ordaine iudges, and iustices, that they may iudge in all Syria and Phenice. View more context for this quotation 1685 R. Baxter Acts xiii. 15 Thus were their Rulers like Church Justices. 1793 I. x. 194 A formal Account is given to the Corregidores, and other Justices. 1848 tr. vi. 53 What!..no more pleaders before the ecclesiastical justices,..no more convivial meetings in the taverns! 1895 E. W. Latimer xi. 308 The king forthwith set up two native justices and two constables. 1901 H. C. Lea viii. 224 The scriveners and justices, eager for fees, now examined the records for all the old cases. 1932 (U.S. Bureau of Census) 9/1 The lowest average number ever born..appears for the wives of lawyers, judges, and justices, and technical engineers. 2003 J. P. Sarra ix. 243 Canada's administrative tribunal system, in which the adjudicators are frequently not justices or lawyers but rather representative of the stakeholders at which the legislation is aimed. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > of superior court c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 2449 in C. Horstmann (1887) 176 Sire hubert de boruȝ..þo was heiȝ Iustise. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 10201 Þe bissopes..amansede vaste Alle þat suich dede dude, king & quene boþe, & hor Iustizes ek. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff (1914) 88 Þe wryt þat me pledeth in þe citee by-fore justyces. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. iii. l. 319 Al shal be but one courte and one baroun be iustice. c1430 (1844) I. 57/2 That the twa hed mutis of the Justice [L. Justiciarii] salbe haldin ȝerly at Edinburgh or Peblis. 1484 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1484 §25. m. 17 The seid justices of assises and justices of peas to certifie the same proclamacion to the justices of the commen place. a1500 in J. Raine (1890) 60 (MED) Ye sayd Burgese schall make..a panyll of ye sayd xij, and yt panyll schall be presentyd and delyvered be fore ye Justicie. 1589 (rev. ed.) ii. xiv. 74 The officer before whom the Clarke is to take these essoines, is the puny Justice in the common pleas. a1636 T. Westcote (1845) 431 Sir John Whiddon..was also secondary Justice of the King's Bench. 1714 J. Ayliffe II. 72 A Letter to the Justices of the Queen's Bench, and all other Justices, to supersede all Proceedings against the Vice-Chancellor in this Matter. 1786 J. Trusler 8 Persons overcharged may appeal to the commissioners..and from them to any justice of the King's-Bench in England and Wales. 1829 Aug. 130 (note) Sir John Peter Grant, Knight, only surviving justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Bombay. 1873 c. 66 §5 The several Puisne Justices of the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas respectively. 1913 62 94/2 All the Justices concur, except Dowdell, C. J., not sitting. 1966 B. Malamud (1969) v. v. 155 He will be a justice of our Supreme Court. 2011 G. Slapper (ed. 2) ii. 24 The procedure for appointing a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is governed by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, as amended by the Tribunals and Enforcement Act 2007. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate 1509 (single sheet) All mysdemeanour of Sheryfes, exchetours,..mayres, baylyfes, constables, all Iustyces and comuners. 1523 J. Fitzherbert xv. f. xxviii The issues and profytes of them are estreyted by the sayd iustices, and returned in to the kynges escheker. 1587 (1814) III. 459/2 [Persons] quhilkis salbe the Kingis commissioneris and iustices in the furtherance of iustice, peax and quietnes. 1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. C2, in (rev. ed.) Being..brought before a Iustice vppon suspition of his wretched liuing. 1600 B. Jonson v. ii. sig. Oiiiv A Kinsman of Iustice Silence. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) ii. iii. 43 Though wee are Iustices, and Doctors, and Church-men..wee haue some salt of our youth in vs. View more context for this quotation 1749 H. Fielding I. ii. vi. 125 Much less would have satisfied a Bench of Justices on an Order of Bastardy. View more context for this quotation 1771 T. Smollett II. 61 The house was visited by a constable..with a warrant from justice Buzzard, to search the box of Humphry Clinker. 1835 N. Hawthorne Old News in Feb. 84 The Suffolk justices..give notice that a watch will hereafter be set at the ‘fortification-gate’, to prevent these outrages. 1867 c. 118 §15 Where a child apparently under the age of twelve years is charged before two Justices or a Magistrate. 1903 J. A. James & A. H. Sanford iii. xxv. 232 In a few States the grand jury is dispensed with in ordinary cases. An accused person is given a preliminary examination before a local justice to determine whether he shall be held for trial. 1941 P. Carr ii. 30 Serious criminal cases, after a preliminary examination before the lay Justices, are referred to the Assizes of the visiting Judges..or to the Central Criminal Court. 2011 R. Booth et al. iii. 59 The defendant had been convicted in the Crown Court of selling intoxicating liquor without a justices' licence. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara 244 Of my troth Master Iustice, iustly apertaineth vnto you the Lordship of Ventosa. ?1576 A. Hall sig. g.v I moued the house for his priuiledge, which was a hundred pound, wherof are witnesses master Iustice Harper and Manhoode.] 1596 in H. Barrow et al. sig. C.iii A breif summe of the examination of John Penrie, by the right worshipful Mr. Fanshaw, and Mr. Justice Young. 1645 5 He was found by two honest Labourers being servants of Mr. Justice Cullum. 1707 W. Nicolson 17 Feb. (1985) 418 Seven of 'em [sc. justices] thought the Tith of Mills to be Personal, Mr Justice Powel alone affirming 'em to be Predial [word unclear]. 1776 J. Burrow 4 2294 Mr. Justice Willes..declared, that he should give no obiter opinion about personal property..being liable to be rated. 1837 C. Dickens xxxiii. 354 Mr. Justice Stareleigh..seemed all face and waistcoat. 1922 J. Joyce ii. 378 Over against the Rt. Hon. Mr Justice Fitzgibbon's door. 1991 15 Dec. 1 In the Natal judgment Mr Justice Didcott ruled as invalid a proclamation by Mr De Klerk which amended the Natal Code. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to 1903 23 Dec. 448/1 The opening of the Law Courts yesterday, after the Christmas Vacation of 1923, was marked by the commencement of the hearing, before Mrs. Justice Grundy, of the breach of promise action brought by Mrs. Yellowleaf. 1965 20 Aug. 5 We think the time has come to be really radical. Why should she not be called ‘Mrs. Justice Lane’? 2010 23 Mar. 23/2 When Mrs Justice Baron originally decided the case in the High Court in 2008, she said the prenup agreement was void but not irrelevant. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to 1915 17 July (Women's Pages) Manitoba has several women law students. Probably out from their ranks will come a future ‘Madam Justice’.] 1957 21 Nov. 61/2 At a dinner in my honor, I was introduced as ‘Madam Justice Amsterdam’. I said I didn't like that title nor ‘Miss Justice’. 1972 11 May 93 Chief Justice G.A. Gale of the Ontario Court of Appeals explained that he consulted the Lord Chief Justice of England on proper form of address for Miss Van Camp. She now is known as Madam Justice Van Camp. 1994 26 346 Surprisingly, Madam Justice L'Heureux-Dubé's concurring judgment provides only a little more consideration of the standard of review issue. 2006 40 360 Madam Justice Fruman..overturned Justice LoVecchio's decision. society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) l. 118 in C. Horstmann (1887) 74 Seint wolston bi-fore heom cam..Ase a þeof bi-fore Iustise, his dom to vnder-fongue. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 14855 If ani man war tan for oght He suld be for iustijs [Fairf. Iustice, Gött. Iustis] be broght. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 58 (MED) Þerfor was þe dome gyuen þorgh þe Justise, To exile þe erle Godwyn. a1425 (?c1350) (1964) l. 3446 It es þe assyse, Whils sityng es of þe justise Þe dome nedes þou most habide. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 195 And this is ay vnderstandin gif thai lordis of the justice defendis maliciously the ref, and is nocht wilfull to mak reformacioun. ?1530 J. Rastell sig. *Dii There was a solempne Iustyce in Smythfylde, where..were present the kynge of Englande [etc.]. 1628 in P. H. Brown (1900) 2nd Ser. II. 527 The Advocat, who continues a pleader before the Sessioun and Justice, whair the Justice Clerk sitts as a judge. 1654 E. Nicholas (1892) II. 85 Touching the proceedings against the Brasilians and particularly such as were of the high justice there. III. The quality of being just. Cf. justness n.society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] 1340 (1866) 127 (MED) Iustice [sc. the virtue] is þe loue of herte, huerby he serueþ onlepiliche and wyþ-oute more to þet he loueþ, þet is to god. a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) l. 8748 Alle loued salamon for his Iustise. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) §441 God, which þt is ful of Iustice and of rightwisnesse, hath suffred this bityde by Iuste cause resonable. 1485 (Caxton) i. vii. sig. avv Ther was he sworne vnto his lordes & the comyns for to be a true kyng to stand with true Justyce fro thens forth the dayes of this lyf. 1531 T. Elyot iii. i. sig. Xviiv The auncient Ciuilians do saye, iustice is a wille perpetuall and constaunt, whiche gyueth to euery man his right. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in iii. f. ccclv Vertues of soule..whiche ben prudence, iustyce, temperaunce, and strength. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio 265 A certaine person..said that in iustice they should burne these priests. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher iii. i. 115 If you haue any Iustice, any Pitty. View more context for this quotation 1655 W. Gurnall ii. 657 The ensnarling our own thoughts, by thinking to fathom the bottomlesse depths of God's justice, with the short cordage of our reason. 1733 A. Pope iii. 280 Forc'd into Virtue thus by Self-Defence, Ev'n Kings learn'd Justice and Benevolence. 1795 T. Paine ii. 8 To believe therefore the Bible to be true, we must unbelieve all our belief in the moral justice of God. 1848 W. J. O'N. Daunt I. i. 10 The most important ingredient in ‘justice to Ireland’ is the restoration of the Irish Parliament. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. xii. 212 It would be found that the path of justice was the path of wisdom. 1885 L. Stephen in 28 Nov. 696/3 Chivalry of feeling..means a refinement of the sense of justice—an instinctive capacity for sympathizing with every one who is the victim of oppression. 1915 C. M. Cresswell xvii. 348 I thrust him into prison and Allah took sleep from me till I freed him. I bore witness that I did so for Allah's justice, not for any love. 1953 J. Cary xliii. 195 I had provoked in him that conscience, those scruples of justice and right, which might cause him actually to favour my enemy. 2001 22 Feb. 30/2 Marx was..a traditional moralist just because he set questions of justice, equality and the like in their social and historical contexts. society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] > before God society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [noun] 1477 Earl Rivers tr. (Caxton) (1877) lf. 5v He constreyned them to kepe the lawe of god in saing trouthe to dispise the worlde to kepe Iustice, to wynne the saluacoun in the other worlde. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 207 Iustice wyth ryghtfullnes is departid in two maners:..That othyr maner Is whan the Iuge hym holte ryghtfull as anent god, that he kepe hym fro synnes wych ben agayn the law of god. a1513 J. Irland (1926) I. 63 Justice originale causit in the jnferior and lawar part of the saule the wertu of prudence. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in (1557) 1281/2 By the fall of Adam, the whole kynde of man..lost original iustice. 1563 J. Man tr. W. Musculus 117 b Regenerate into new men, so that suppressyng the raygne of synne, we may serve justice. 1581 J. Marbeck 187 Christ hauing fulfilled it [sc. the law] for vs, is made our iustice, sanctification, &c. 1637 H. Sydenham Christian Duell in 70 That Justice which is conferr'd on them, consists rather in the participation of Christs merits..than in any perfection of Vertues, or Qualities infus'd. 1775 G. Hay II. xv. 309 The confirmation or the advancement of piety and Christian justice, and the sanctification of souls, are the only supreme motives ultimately worthy his goodness and infinite wisdom. 1868 E. Eppstein iii. 18 Holiness comprises justice, love and perfection. 1914 Oct. 306/1 Luke 1:75 would bid us live in holiness and justice before God. 2011 C. Smith et al. ii. 103 Some view the good life as one of love and justice before God. 9. society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] ?1551 A. Bacon tr. B. Ochino ix. sig. F.iiv The iustice of his iudgementes be to vs incomprehensible. 1560 24 Mar. (single sheet) Hir Maiestie..knowyng the iustyce of hir cause. 1594 W. Shakespeare i. i. 2 Defend the iustice of my cause with armes. View more context for this quotation 1609 W. Shakespeare xvii. 9 A Princes to equall any single Crowne ath earth-ith Iustice of compare. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 29 Thinke..on the iustice of my flying hence, To keepe me from a most vnholy match. View more context for this quotation 1670 A. Marvell Let. 14 June in (1971) II. 109 Elect such an High Steward..as may always be ready..to..patronize the justice of your actions. 1747 T. Morell iii. 10 Justice with Courage is a thousand Men. 1812 Hist. Europe 1810 vi, in III. 241/1 There could be no justice in selecting these particular estates to bear exclusively a burden which..ought to fall equally upon all. 1885 79 130/1 Every lawyer..will appreciate the justice of these observations. 1931 T. S. Moore Powers of Air in 322 We risk to become over-enamoured of the beauty, freedom and justice of our own findings. 2005 J. E. Ford ii. 24 There is some justice in saying that close-reading is a node of which both Rationalist Criticism and New Criticism are offshoots. society > law > legal right > [noun] society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > right or moral entitlement 1596 H. Holland tr. J. Calvin xiii. 76 That they haue no iustice [L. nihil justitiae habere] to stand before God, may appeare also manifestly, for that the vncleanesse of their owne consciences is proofe sufficient that they be not as yet regenerate by the holy Ghost. a1625 J. Fletcher Island Princesse ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Nnn4/2 What justice have ye now unto this Lady? 1695 Dissuasive from Cursing 19 in R. Boyle Gamesters of all others, have the least Justice to complain of her [sc. Fortune's] Disfavours. 1771 F. Vesey 1 573 In Ld. Bristol v. Hungerford there was a report, and therefore probably a final decree. The plaintiff will have the same justice to have this done now, as when the decree was made. Phrases P1. Verbal phrases. society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > execute [verb (intransitive)] 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 104 He sente to Zethephius, that he sholde do Iustice on his seruauntes. 1587 R. Hakluyt tr. R. de Laudonnière f. 64v The Catholicke king..offered a great somme of money to him that coulde bringe him his heade, praying moreouer king Charles to do iustice on him as of the authour of so bloudye an art contrarye to their alliaunce. 1645 W. Prynne 70 The said Bishop..shall degrade the said Priest, and afterward send him back unto the foresaid secular Court to do justice upon him. 1749 S. Fielding i. 61 How shall I enough praise and admire the gentle Mignon, for having put it in my Power to do Justice on this execrable Wretch? 1800 tr. J. J. Labillardière II. xii. 116 He would bring the assassin to us, and do justice on him in our presence. 1860 9 I was attacked by a band of miscreants... My pistols did justice on two of them. 1919 G. Parker xiii. 122 It was a country where, not twenty years before, men did justice upon men without the assistance of the law. 1967 G. J. Hand vi. 122 The sheriff of Kildare allegedly seized him [sc. a felon] from them and did justice on him in the liberty. 2012 D. Hirst ii. ix. 212 The army and its supporters in parliament prepared to do justice on the King as the author of this latest..spilling of blood. b. to do justice to (a person or thing), to do (a person or thing) justice. (a) To treat or represent with due fairness or appreciation; to deal with in a manner that is right or appropriate. society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > action 1610 T. Morton i. xii. 159 Seeing that M. Parsons is so vehemently vrgent, I shall intreate the indifferent Reader to do him iustice, after that I shall be vouchsafed to speake. 1660 P. Heylyn Postscr. to Rdr. sig. Pppv I cannot but do my self so much justice, as to satisfie the Reader in the truth of some things, which otherwise may be beleeved to my disadvantage. 1668 D. Lloyd Ep. Ded. sig. B2 This following Volume, partly to do justice to those Worthies deceased, and partly to guide and Conduct their Posterity to the same happiness. 1679 J. Dryden Pref. sig. b3 I cannot leave this Subject before I do justice to that Divine Poet, by giving you one of his passionate descriptions. 1715 D. Defoe I. ii. i. 197 You must do your Master Justice now, for, if I mistake not, you wrong him very much by your own Account. 1730 A. Bower (1731) 1 No. 5. xl. 388 He takes care to do himself justice, by drawing himself always to the best advantage. 1792 J. Almon (octavo ed.) III. xxxix. 44 Let me do justice to a man, whose character and conduct have been infamously traduced. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. iv. 463 James, to do him justice, would gladly have found out a third way. 1883 Jan. 462/2 We regret exceedingly that our desire to do justice to the taxidermists in this respect should have been thwarted by misinformation. 1917 T. S. Eliot 21 Mar. (1988) I. 165 The picture of her as Tunisienne does not do her justice. 1957 J. H. Giles viii. 95 To do him justice, I didn't think it was easy. 2011 S. Kumove in tr. Y. Perle 23 I hope that this translation does justice to the author. 1635 W. Duncomb tr. V. D'Audiguier (new ed.) x. 242 The King..out of a desire to do justice to the complaints of his subjects, presently gave command that Lisander should be..brought before him. 1666 V. Greatrakes 15 This I dare say of her, (who dyed some few years past) for I do but justice to her memory..she was a virtuous and discreet Woman. 1730 J. Jortin 104 The Jewish writer before named, who could not be partial to his memory, did justice to his character, and recorded his virtues and the impression they had made upon the minds of men. 1763 19 Feb. 126 The impartial public, however, did justice to the zeal of the noble lord's friends in our cause. 1799 R. Warner ii. 61 We entered Cowbridge about ten o'clock, well qualified to do justice to the good breakfast which we got at Mr. Bradley's inn. 1855 W. H. Prescott I. ii. vii. 216 The abstract here given does no justice to the document. 1870 E. Peacock II. 114 To the food he did ample justice. 1916 D. Haig Diary 23 Oct. in (2005) 246 He did full justice to a good lunch and then we had a talk for an hour or more. 1938 D. Thomas 24 July (1987) 314 No drawing of my own could do justice to my particular baby bulbousness. 1989 9 Apr. (Mag. section) 9 I once starved myself all day to do justice to an immensely chi-chi repast prepared by a visiting French chef. 2000 81 144/1 Analyses have not always done full justice to the hidden complexity of neo-Classicism. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1622) ii. iii. 80 Cas. To the health of our Generall. Mon. I am for it Leiutenant, and I will doe you iustice. View more context for this quotation 1699 B. E. (at cited word) I'll do you Justice Sir, I will Pledge you. 1748 T. Smollett II. lvi. 224 At one pull! Sir, you are no milk-sop—we shall do you justice. the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed [verb (reflexive)] 1770 Oct. 139/1 The writer of this account has no wish to overlook Mr. Raincock, and intreats Mr. Raincock to do himself justice by giving his own speech written by himself. 1855 25 Dec. 4/4 Mrs. H. C. Watson as Prince Charming scarcely did herself justice. 1897 7 Apr. 29/2 I feel that on this occasion I have failed to do myself justice. 1942 P. Grainger Let. 30 Sept. in (1994) 185 You may have heard me say that I never did myself justice in playing before a hearer-host till I was over 30. 1998 K. Sampson 250 You can see Leo's head drop. He knows he's doing himself no justice at all. 1621 26 July (single sheet) That they vse all diligence to discouer and bring to Iustice, all such as shall offend. 1752 H. Fielding IV. xi. i. 165 If the little Slut be above Ground..I will find her out and bring her to Justice. 1777 Lady A. Miller (ed. 2) I. xi. 137 The soldiers seize the refugees and bring them to justice. 1832 S. Warren II. ii. 88 Cannot this infamous scoundrel be brought to justice? 1859 23 Feb. 24/2 Mr. William Tarrant brought upon himself a Government prosecution in determining to bring the Government to justice. 1920 A. Christie iv. 70 We do hope, if there has been foul play, to bring the murderer to justice. 1987 D. Simpson (1988) iii. 29 Could you come to terms with your conscience if you refused to help bring a murderer to justice? 2009 (Nexis) 1 Mar. (Features section) 14 The film is full of angst about the impossibility of bringing banks to justice. P2. Phrases with prepositions. 1642 (single sheet) His Majesty will make no scruple of discharging him, but otherwise his Majesty is obliged in justice to himselfe, to preserve his own work. 1688 Bp. J. Williams 56 In justice to him, let us put it in, yet I don't see the case at all amended. 1737 11 Nov. I would only just remark, in Justice to these at present Anti-Patriots, that if they had another Cue given them, they would, I believe, exalt every Measure taken against the Spaniards. 1769 ‘Junius’ (1772) I. v. 43 In justice to your friends. a1854 J. Boultbee (1986) 76 In justice to the New Zealanders, I have seen more friendship amongst them than I have subsequently amongst the white people who formed the crew of the boat I was in. 1880 Feb. 204/1 In justice to Buddhism it must be remembered that there is more than one interpretation of Nirvana. 1958 A. F. Muir in p. xvii In justice to the author, it must be said that many of the misspellings appear to have been the result of the printer's deficiency. 2012 T. Dolan in T. Dolan & J. L. Allen iii. x. 171 In justice to them, we need to be up-front from the beginning. 1648 104 My silence might, with some Justice, have seemed to approve of it. 1707 E. Ward 61 He may with Justice boast, that very few die under his Hands. a1769 R. Riccaltoun Notes Galatians in (1772) III. 148 With great justice does he bear the title of truth. 1807 T. Young I. vii. 59 This effect of a finite time cannot with justice be conceived to bear any proportion to the pressure. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers viii. 72 This generality has been adversely commented on, and with justice. 1902 W. B. Yeats 15 Mar. (1994) III. 165 You will have quoted against you with some justice the old saying that a nude statue if you put a stocking on it would become ‘improper’ at once. 1948 7 137 We can still maintain with justice that the end-rime words..do engender strong expectancies. 2007 30 Apr. 44/2 Film theory has dwelled, with justice, on what is called the objectifying male gaze. 1868 W. E. Gladstone in 18 Mar. 329/2 If we be just men, we shall go forward in the name of truth and right, bearing this in mind—that, when the case is proved and the hour is come, justice delayed is justice denied. 1881 3rd Ser. 258 577 He could not help thinking that justice delayed and justice deferred was too often justice denied. 1926 26 Jan. 8 In all discussions of legal reform the evil of delay is emphasized. It has become an axiom that justice delayed is justice denied. 1956 42 685/3 It was a spontaneous, eloquent, unrehearsed expression of the love of the lawyer for procrastination and his indifference to the old maxim that ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’. 1960 15 June 10/1 Anyone who has had to wait and wait for a court action to be resolved knows that justice long delayed can be justice denied. 2011 1 Oct. 10/7 The adage justice delayed is justice denied is truly applicable to India's legal system. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. society > law > administration of justice > [noun] 1649 T.B. iii. i. 39 'Tis well then, I shall have justice businesse enough to last me all this day. 1742 H. Fielding II. iv. v. 192 (heading) Containing justice business; curious precedents of depositions, and other matters necessary to be perused by all justices of the peace and their clerks. 1848 W. M. Thackeray xlv. 406 Plunged in justice-business. 1920 Z. Gale (1921) i. 10 ‘The justice business—’ said Dwight Herbert Deacon—he was a justice of the peace—‘and the dental profession—’ he was also a dentist—‘do not warrant the purchase of spring flowers in my home.’ 2009 (Nexis) 20 Dec. 7 The chief constable, the Police Federation.., Sinn Fein and everyone else in the justice business were delighted. 1824 12 Apr. On the report of our Keeper of the Seals, Secretary of State for the Justice Department, we have ordained [etc.]. 1960 12 Jan. 19/2 The justice department said that more than 1,300 Negroes will be returned to the voting rolls of Washington parish in Louisiana. 2011 J. G. Castañeda 119 Mexico lacks these institutions (its toothless Federal Competition Commission is not autonomous, and its Justice Department cannot bring antitrust suits). society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] 1565 J. Stow f. 236v In the strete before the Iustice hall,..his body was hanged on a new gybbet. c1565 (Copland) sig. A.iii She whent vnto the Iustice hall. 1691 W. Carr 21 You enter the House by two large Gates, between which opening by Windows..stands the Justice-Hall for Trial of Criminals. 1793 R. Twiss 91 They sawed off his head..and then gave it to the boys to carry about on a pike, leaving the carcase in the justice-hall. 1852 in G. A. Vetch 30 When the clerk was called to justice-halls, He told me..that I might look Into the law-books ranged along the walls. 1921 Mar. 406/2 In hope of a reward, up she rose..and, as fast as she could she came to the justice hall of the town of Carlisle. 2011 A. Vidler ii. 143 The cubiform justice halls..are set on top of a half-buried podium containing the prisons. 1829 J. Bentham 184 Accusations or complaints..against the justice minister, be heard and determined by the House of Lords. 1961 73 Justice Minister Fulton proposed a two-stage process beginning with repatriation [of the British North America Act] and followed by the working-out of a method of amendment. 2004 N. Ryan vii. 125 A letter bomb containing two cubes of dynamite was intercepted en route to the Swedish Justice Minister. society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > courtroom 1586 G. Whitney ii. 136 Who so are plac'd, in sacred Iustice roome, And haue in charge, her statutes to obserue. 1658 J. Eliot 44 Uprightness best becomes Such as o'th' Bench fill up fair Justice rooms. 1771 Oct. 518/1 He has attended the Justice-Room a long time past, from a desire of learning the business of a magistrate. 1843 18 Feb. 163/1 With..the certain prospect of the restitution of the mulct which he had suffered, he..requested the honour of his company to the justice-room. 1996 P. O'Brian i. 23 The library is rather good, and the justice-room. society > law > administration of justice > [noun] 1837 8 Jan. 20/1 (heading) The justice system of the metropolis. 1927 36 1175 Until the justice system is more nearly on an equality with the courts..general dissatisfaction with its functioning must continue to prevail. 2004 H. Kennedy (2005) xii. 257 The justice system needs the media but the media should not sit as judge and jury, or blight fair trials by inflammatory reporting. b. Objective. 1761 T. Dalton in sig. Aav Britain's Justice-dealing King, Wide o'er the subject Sea, Indignant, bade his Thunders roar. 1835 C. Thirlwall I. iv. 80 The justice-dealing kings, Dorus and Xuthus. 1907 G. M. White iii. 35 It has always been my desire..that the Divine One and the justice-dealing public..may judge me. 2000 R. Helgerson v. 145 A vision of unalienated wholeness that contrasts strikingly with..the hieratic emptiness of the justice-dealing kings. 1611 R. Cotgrave Aime-loix, Iust, Iustice-louing, Lawes-affecting. 1823 J. Galt III. 313 The English are a justice-loving people, according to charter and statute. 1845 E. Miall in 5 197 Impartial and justice-loving men. 1925 W. E. Rappard vi. 200 Dr. Nansen, whose courage, energy, and manly frankness have won him the affectionate veneration of all justice-loving friends of the League. 2011 W. M. Adler iii. xii. 288 They were appealing to the governor only as justice-loving persons who believed an injustice had occurred. ?1660 (single sheet) This Jippoe for-sooth was a great undertaker, And amongst other Trades a Justice maker. 1709 W. Carroll viii. 123 These Artificial Justice-makers, City-makers, and Authority-makers..tells [sic] us, that tho' Men have an Infinite Right by Nature, yet may they Alienate this Right..from themselves. 1871 W. L. Sargant III. i. 112 The gratitude of a new member finding a natural vent in the recommendation of his influential constituents to the ministerial justice-maker. 1994 L. J. D. Wacquant & S. Farage tr. P. Bourdieu in 12 5 Is the act of the justice maker Orestes not a crime just as the initial act of the criminal? 1824 J. Symmons tr. Æschylus 44 The black Erinnyes..make the mighty justice-slighting [Gk. ἄνευ δίκας] man Pale in the midst of Glory's proud career. c. Limitative. 1640 T. Fuller 64 Now no Saint can receive with this Gods justice-proofe worthinesse. 1824 S. Smith in July 437 The settlers take the law into their own hands, and give notice to a justice-proof delinquent to quit the territory. 1833 R. Anderson 92 Bringing those works before God, which, in the expressive language of our old divines, He may regard as justice proof. 2008 (Electronic text) 25 Sept. Perhaps the only thing that will educate the American public now is the failure of the system which they were told, and which they believed, was justice-proof. 1730 H. Fielding iv. vii. 57 Come, sit thee down, honest Publican, old Justice Merchant. 1737 C. Murphy 23 Mr. Leigh the Justice-Parson replied very falsly (for many Catholicks came to be edified) that there were none present. 1829 25 304 All this happened close to the dwelling of a justice-parson—where was he? 1838 July 25 There is your justice-merchant, your justice-deacon, your justice-parson, your justice-quack, your justice-reformer, and your justice-of-the-peace. C2. society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > place where jury sits 1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Acharnians in tr. Aristophanes I. 53 Their whole soul lodged In the justice-box, and ne'er so pleased..As when they give some criminal a gripe. 1907 20 58/2 Added to this array of ills is the contributory tear of counsel as he stands before the twelve true and tried jurors in the justice box. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > unjust or corrupt 1690 J. Dryden iv. i. 42 The Devil take all Justice-brokers. 1990 H. M. Kritzer (title) The justice broker: lawyers and ordinary litigation. 1995 22 Aug. A1 Prosecutors have emerged as powerful justice brokers because of their wide discretion over which Measure 11 cases they will pursue and which ones will be plea-bargained. society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > court of justices of peace society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] > courts in U.S. 1490 in E. Beveridge (1917) 368 The justis court of Dunfermlyn be Schir Dauy Stewart Justis of the regalite haldyn in the tolbutht of the samyn. 1528 Acts James V 22 Jan. in (1597) §7 f. 102 In the justice aires, or justice courts. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1888) I. 53 The toune of Brichine..quhair is ane..Justice court haldne. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in (1711) 86 Warden of the East Marches, keeping the Days of Truce and Justice-Courts. 1672 (1820) VIII. 87/2 That the office of Deputes in the Justice-Court be suppressed. 1749 W. Crookshank I. x. 352 He was..remitted to the justice-court, to receive his indictment and sentence. 1793 T. Bowes in 45 To all certificates of probates before him made, and by him signed, due faith and credit is and ought to be given, as well in justice court as thereout. 1841 Dec. 858/2 A Justice-Court about to sit in solemn judgment on a horse case. 1901 July 5/1 A cousin Thomas, who was Clerk to the Justice Court in Edinburgh. 1950 May 382/2 This judge has jurisdiction over practically every legal problem that is presented within the state except a few minor matters in which the justice court, which is not a court of record, has jurisdiction. 2006 S. O. Hogan vi. 296/2 [Mississippi.] The constitution requires that justice courts hear civil cases in excess of $500. society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] 1616 J. Lane viii. 348 As if your last howr weare not iustice day. 1714 T. Rands (new ed.) 61 And when the Justice Day is come, He is oblig'd to follow Drum. 1797 R. Polwhele 19 On justice-days, still busy as my clerk. 1827 J. Bentham IV. viii. x. 163 In regard to justice days, what is of much more importance than the number of them in the year, is the degree of equality with which they are distributed. 1906 E. Nesbit ix. 223 ‘It's a special sacrifice,’ he said; ‘usually it's only done on the justice days every five years and six years alternately.’ 1915 R. H. Bowman clxxvi. 143/2 ‘The judgment day’ will be justice day. 1998 tr. Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī in J. D. Aghevli 67 Only God is alive... Hold on to him now and have no care, you will escape the malice of the justice day. 2006 S. Walker i. iv. 94 In terms of justice-days for which payment was made, only in the North Riding did the attendance levels of the gentry justices..fall significantly below those of the quorum lawyers. 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in sig. Fv His ambition flies Iustice-hight. society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of 1843 78 A field behind the site of the old mansion-house still retains the name of the Law Field, which points it out as the Justice Hill. 1875 A. R. Adamson vi. 96 One of those justice hills so common in this part of the country. 1901 12 Jan. 398/1 They were also justice-hills,..though not so well suited for great crowds as the Tynwald Hill. society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > itinerant or on circuit 1576 W. Lambarde 94 Iustices in Eire, (or Itinerant as wee called them).] 1612 J. Davies 266 Iustices Itinerant haue in former times beene sent into all the shires of Mounster. 1622 Bp. J. Hall 11 Euery man makes himselfe a Iustice Itinerant, and passeth sentence of all that comes before him. 1633 Earl of Manchester (rev. ed.) 75 Thy conscience is a Iustice Itinerant with thee. 1700 J. Tyrrell II. vi. 542 The King..directed several Articles to these Justices Itinerant, concerning the Jews. 1778 E. Hasted I. p. lxxx He was justice itinerant at the time he was sheriff. 1890 C. Gross II. 16 The burgesses of Beaumaris were summoned before the Justices Itinerant. 1933 S. Painter v. 95 Considering William's total lack of legal experience or training, his value as a justice itinerant must have been very dubious. 2011 B. O'Farrell x. 144 Pembroke capped off his acquisitions in 1629 by being named Warden, Chief Justice and Justice Itinerant of all royal forests south of the River Trent. C3. Compounds with justice's. society > law > administration of justice > [noun] > disproportionately severe 1816 Alfred (Exeter) 21 May in R. Cullum (1818) 185 We now see that parliamentary justice, and justice's justice, do not agree. 1838 Apr. 107/1 Heaven deliver the poor from ‘Justices' Justice’. 1879 F. W. Farrar I. vii. xxv. 494 The ‘justice's justice’ of the Vibiuses and Floruses. 1908 C. Clarke xi. 92 A time when rule by magistrates was the fashion, and ‘justice's justice’ was the backwoodsman's only resource. 1983 P. Jenkins ii. iv. 90 ‘Justices' justice’ in Wales was proverbially unfair. Derivatives society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > right-thinking or just 1600 W. Shakespeare v. i. 60 Turned into a Iustice-like seruingman. View more context for this quotation 1772 W. Bolts (ed. 2) App. 94 The Acting Justice..wrote to them the justice-like letter following. 1958 L. S. Hultzén in D. C. Bryant v. 104 Forensic art outside the courtroom, where justicelike decisions are based on an act or failure to act in the past. 1999 F. Turner v. 76 Life..is both mercylike and justicelike. 2007 R. Faulkner iv. 103 For the sake of a justice-like common good and justice-like models of heroism, Alcibiades inaugurates before our eyes a political rebellion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). justicev. Origin: A borrowing from French. Perhaps also partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French justicer ; justice n. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman and Old French justicer, justiser, justisier, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French justicier (French †justicier ) to punish (a person) appropriately, to bring to justice (end of the 11th cent. in a gloss in Rashi; frequently from c1160 in legal contexts), to rule, govern (a people or country) (c1130) < post-classical Latin justitiare to bring to justice (10th cent.; frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), to judge, administer justice over (11th cent.), to punish (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), (reflexive) to present oneself for trial (12th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin iūstitia justice n. In sense 3 perhaps independently < justice n.; compare earlier justicing n.Compare Old Occitan justiciar, Spanish justiciar (mid 12th cent.), Portuguese justiçar (14th cent.), Italian giustiziare (a1292). society > morality > rightness or justice > [verb (transitive)] society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > judge (a person) c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) l. 1092 in C. Horstmann (1875) 1st Ser. 37 I ne may in none wise Of is dedes hine Justise. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) ii. 100 (MED) Þe kyng in þe courte of þe lay þe clerkes wild [= would] justise. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Vitell.) l. 1631 (MED) Thow sholdest ay the poynt so dresse In thy Rygour of equyte, Euere in hert to han pyte On hem that thow hast iustesyed. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1590) ii. xxix. sig. Gg6v Perswading the iusticing her. 1592 W. Lambarde (rev. ed.) i. ix. 42 The names of such as (being indited) did flie and did refuse to be Iusticed. 1611 J. Speed ix. xv. 644/1 A Parliament of the three estates was assembled, wherein such as were guilty of the death of Burgundy, were iusticed. 1649 J. Cook 18 Major Prichard, who was lately Justiced,..murthered a Gentleman in Lincolnshire, and was condemned. 1732 D. Neal I. 415 The body of a subject is to be justiced secundum legem terrae, as Magna Charta..saith. 1855 A. Marsh I. ii. 36 I will..do my part and portion to see you justiced, and not dressed and fed like a beggar's brat—great heiress as you are. 1869 E. Taylor iii. i. 140 He saw no reason why they should not at once be justiced, i.e. hanged. 1893 J. Jacobs tr. 184 Abraham..owes one ounce of gold to have a writ for justicing Tom son of Godwin. 1939 26 Aug. 4/2 It looks as though one of the lads..was justiced by mistake—because witnesses tell police Romano is the guy. 2003 P. R. Hyams viii. 250 When anyone was justiced for theft. society > authority > rule or government > rule or govern [verb (transitive)] society > law > administration of justice > [verb (transitive)] > administer justice to c1390 (Vernon) (1967) l. 298 Wiþoute whom he ne mai His kindom wiþ pees wysen Ne wiþ rihte hit iustisen. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 2224 After Leile regned Rudhudibras; to iustise þe folk noble he was. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) cxcviii. 289 [They] made an hye noble man..named Raoul, for to be kynge vpon them, by whom they wold be Iustised and gouerned. 1835 M. R. Mitford III. 8 They were hay-making, or they were justicing, or they were attending the House. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.?a1160 v.c1300 |
