α. 1800s– justiciary; Scottish pre-1700 iusticiarie, pre-1700 justiciarie, pre-1700 1700s– justiciary, pre-1700 1800s justitiary.
β. Scottish pre-1700 iwestesery, pre-1700 justicery.
justiciaryn.1
/dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəri/, /dʒʌˈstɪʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdʒəˈstɪʃiˌɛri/ Law.
1. Scottish. The jurisdiction of a judge or justice; judicial power, esp. in criminal cases. Now chiefly historical or in phrases.See also justiciary adj.2
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society > law > legal power > [noun] > of a justiciary
justiciary1415
1415 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 36 Eschaetis or ischeis of courtis of ȝowris or of the justiciaris [v.r. justris] pertenand til our lord the King within ȝour bailȝery.
1473 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 68 Item gevin to the Justice Schire Dauid Guthere of that Ilk, knycht, for his fee of this ȝere of his office of Justiciary..jcti.
1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1597) §86 To that effect [our soueraine Lord]..grantis and givis to them power and commission of Iusticiarie.
1628 in C. Rogers Earl of Stirling's Reg. Royal Lett. (1885) I. 295 Whareas wee have directed commissiones of justiciarie to eight of our judges and senatouris of the Colledge of Justice to keep justice airs and justice courtis in all the four quarters of that our antient kingdome.
1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. 425 To distinguish them from justices in that part, such as are these noble-men and others, who have the power of justiciary over their own lands .
1747 Act 20 Geo. II c. 43 §1 That all Heretable Jurisdictions of Justiciary..within that part of Great Britain called Scotland..shall be..abrogated.
1775 L. Shaw Hist. Moray 185 I do not find that any one within this Province had an Heretable Justiciary.
1859 D. Balfour Oppress. 16th Cent. Orkney & Zetland Introd. p. lii A new confirmation of his former grant of Orkney and Zetland erected into an Earldom, with all those additional powers of Justiciary, Admiralty, &c, which he had been formerly charged with usurping without a warrant.
1905 C. S. Terry J. Graham of Claverhouse x. 205 John Brounen, or Browning, whom Claverhouse, having no power of justiciary, had sent to Mauchline to be tried by Drummond.
2002 J. Goodare Sc. Witch-hunt in Context viii. 135 The local commission of justiciary was not a blank cheque.
2. Originally Scottish. The body of judges or persons having judicial power; the judicature, the judiciary.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun]
court1297
justicec1300
benchc1325
consistoryc1386
King's Courtc1400
open court?1456
justiciary1486
justry1489
seat1560
civil court1567
tribunal1590
judicatory1593
judicature1593
law-court1619
judiciary1623
jurisdiction1765
forum1848
1486 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1886) IX. 614 Master Richard Lauson, clerk of oure justiciary.
1493 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) A1493/5/15 The clerk of the justitiary sall tak dittay thairupoune and thai to be punist as oppressouris.
1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) I. 551 Sir Johnne Bellenden..[to bring in] the seillis of justiciarie on the south and north sydes of the wattir of Forth.
1626 in S. A. Gillon Sel. Justiciary Cases (1953) I. 60 Desyreing my lord Justice depute..to..admit Jon Bannatyne wryter as clerk depute to the said Sir George in the clerkschip of Justiciarie.
1684 J. Erskine Diary (1893) 84 They had the power of the justiciary as well as of the council.
1717 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 298 In several of the noted processes before the Justiciary, as in the case of torture, that of reset and converse.
1869 J. Draper Amer. Civil War I. xxvi. §6. 445 Already has that [non-slaveholding] power reduced the supreme justiciary to a mere temporary bulwark.
1917 Unpopular Rev. 8 59 Jesus is not attempting to fix the ethics of the justiciary.
2008 P. Yalae Neo-Africanism i. v. 217 The functions of the justiciary, if it is independent of any other branch, will assure all the people..that the institution of justice is not an arm of a political or social group.
Phrases
Scottish. P1.
Court of Justiciary n. a Scottish criminal court; spec. = High Court of Justiciary n. at High Court n. Phrases 4.
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1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 441 Payit to Lord Gray, to his expens cumand to Edinburgh to hald ane court of justiciary on the Heriotis for slachter of the lard of Fentoun.
1541 in D. H. Fleming Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1921) II. 605/1 With power to the said Olyver..courtis of justiciary, schirefschip, admirallie and baillierie..to sett.
1654 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) IV. 142 Fried and dischargit of and from all..appeareing at or in any ethir lords and superiores courts of justiciarie, regalitie, steuardrie, baronie, bailȝierie.
1706 in A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Fifth (1707) 37 And that the Court of Justiciary do also, after the Union, and notwithstanding thereof, Remain in all time coming, within Scotland.
a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) II. iv. iv. §87. 735 The trial of proper crimes by the court of justiciary proceeds either on indictment, which method is generally observed when the accused person to be tried is in prison, or [etc.].
1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. vi. 366 The Court of Justiciary..consists..of six judges, who are also judges of the Court of Session.
1904 A. M. Anderson Criminal Law 227 Now, all sittings of the Court of Justiciary are High Court sittings.
1993 Computing 4 Nov. 76/2 The sentencing of criminals in Scotland could take an erratic turn..following the Court of Justiciary's decision to give judges ‘benchside’ computers.
P2.
Lord Commissioner of Justiciary n. (also Commissioner of Justiciary) a judge belonging to the High Court of Justiciary; usually in plural.
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1671 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 273 The counsell understanding that the Lords Commissioners of Justiciarie for the circuit court wer..to be heir tomorrow.
1678 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff Rec. Proc. Justiciary Court Edinb. (1905) II. 332 The Lords Commissioners of Justitiary..remitts the samen [article of the dittay] to the knowledge of an assise.
1704 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1824) XI. 152/2 For the more effectual payment of the Commissioners of Justiciary their sallaries.
1751 in tr. G. Buchanan Hist. Scotl. (ed. 4) I. List of Subscribers Names The Right Honourable Sir James Ferguson of Kilkerran, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and Commissioner of Justiciary.
1830 W. Chambers Bk. Scotl. 123 The High Court of Justiciary..is composed of six commissioners of justiciary.
1890 G. Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 7) By the Criminal Procedure Act, 1887..all the Senators of the College of Justice are Lords Commissioners of Justiciary.
1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 181 If ye stir up yon byke ye'll hae commissioners of justiciary and prickers and the haill clamjamphrie.
1959 J. M. Reid Scotl., Past & Present 110 They [sc. judges of Court of Session] are also Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, and may go on circuit to try criminal cases.
2007 K. J. Reeman Coronach 561 From the bench Lord Hesketh, Lord Commissioner of Justiciary, said, ‘This is not relevant to the charge, Sir Henry.’
P3.
Lord of Justiciary n. = Lord Commissioner of Justiciary n. at Phrases 2.
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1684 J. Erskine Jrnl. (1893) 29 Mr Anthony Shaw compeared before the Lords of Justiciary, being panneled for preaching in a churchyard.
1714 J. Pointer Chronol. Hist. Eng. II. 752 The Honourable James Elphinston, Esq.;..was made Lord of Session..; and the Lord Dun, Lord of Justiciary, in North-Britain.
1754 Caledonian Mercury 1 Jan. Robert Lylle, who was to have been executed at Paisley upon Thursday Last, has, upon Application to the Lords of Justiciary, obtained a Sist till that Day se'n-night.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Midlothian iii The Lords of Justiciary passed sentence of death against Captain John Porteous.
1849 Glasgow Past & Present (1851) I. 44 The Lords of Justiciary, after holding dread state at the Cross Court-House during the day, [etc.].
1904 A. M. Anderson Criminal Law 227 Magistrates are bound to attend the Lords of Justiciary during their circuits in the respective cities of the magistrates.
2012 K. Summerscale Mrs Robinson's Disgrace 236 Henry Thomas Cockburn, 1779–1854, a Lord of Session and of Justiciary.
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Circuit Court of Justiciary n. a circuit court held by a judge of the High Court of Justiciary.
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1690 Act rescinding Forfeitures & Fines 4 July in Laws & Acts 2nd Session 1st Parl. William & Mary Edinb. 274 Whatsoever Decrees and Dooms of Forfeitures, given and proclaimed against any of the Subjects of this Kingdom, either by the High Court of Parliament or Ordinary, or Circuit Courts of Justiciary, or any other Court or Commission.
1753 Scots Mag. Oct. 493/1 The like hath not happened since the circuit-courts of justiciary were brought to be held in this county.
1779 Lloyd's Evening Post 20 Sept. 287/3 The Circuit Court of Justiciary finished the Eyre at Aberdeen.
1835 T. Stephen Bk. Constit. Great Brit. 469 The jury court may hold sittings twice a-year,..at the different circuit towns where the circuit court of justiciary meets.
1907 T. S. Jevons Law Trade Unions 93 In Scotland it shall be competent to any person to appeal against any order or conviction under this Act to the next circuit Court of Justiciary.
1999 J. Geyer-Kordesch & F. Macdonald Physicians & Surgeons in Glasgow i. 33 In 1709 the Faculty won a small victory when its position was upheld in an act of adjournal of the circuit court of justiciary.
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P5. High Court of Justiciary: see High Court n. Phrases 4.
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justiciaryn.2
/dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəri/, /dʒʌˈstɪʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdʒəˈstɪʃiˌɛri/ I. A person who administers justice. Now chiefly historical.
1. Chiefly Medieval History.
a. A judge, magistrate, or justice. Cf. justiciar n. 1b.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > of superior court
justicec1300
Lord Justice1511
justiciary?1531
justicer1535
justiciarc1575
ordinary1607
red judge1854
?1531 R. Barnes Supplic. Kinge Henrye VIII f. xxvv These lawys, These lawyers, these Iusticiarys, that saye that a man may lawfully aske hys awne good a fore a Iuge.
1560 Proclam. Elizabeth I 23 Dec. (single sheet) Maiestie strayghtly requireth of all maner of Iusticiaries,..& from hence forth to geue order, that assone as any such lewde tale is vttered, that the reporters therof may be..punyshed with speede.
1580 J. Stow Chrons. of Eng. 307 The King..sente Iusticiaries to restore the peace, and to condemne the murtherers.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vi. 457/2 He was freed from sharper punishment, intended by the Kings Iusticiaries.
1761 London & Environs Described IV. 10 The citizens..had..the county of Middlesex added to their jurisdiction..with a power of appointing..a Justiciary from among themselves.
1842 C. G. Addison Hist. Knights Templars (ed. 2) xiii. 361 (note) The chief justitiary and justices itinerant were all priests.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral 36 He had been a travelling justiciary in 1179.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §5. 83 A royal justiciary secured law to the Jewish merchant.
1900 H. Owen Admin. Eng. Law in Wales & Marches 6 The itinerant justiciary of Snowdon appointed by the Statute afterwards gave place to the Justices of North Wales and West Wales.
2004 R. W. Connell & W. P. Mack Naval Ceremonies, Customs, & Trad. (ed. 6) i. iii. 24 William de Forz..was one of the five commanders of Richard I on this expedition and afterward became one of the justiciaries of the English Navy.
b. The chief political and judicial officer under 12th- and 13th- cent. English kings (also more fully, Capital (also Chief) Justiciary); = justiciar n. 1c.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > first minister of a ruler or state > under Norman or Plantagenet kings
High Justicec1300
justiciar1598
Chief Justiciary1641
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie i. i. 29 Fitz-Peter, the Kings great Justiciarie and Minister (in the Kings absence) of Regall Command.
1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 161 In this Court sate the..Capital Justiciary, the Chancellor, Treasurer, [etc.].
1700 J. Tyrrell Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 848 Hubert de Burgh the Justitiary.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxxiii. 416 [After the Conquest] the aula regis..was erected: and a capital justiciary appointed.
1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 187 The King's Court..was composed of the great officers; the chief justiciary, the chancellor, [etc.].
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. viii. 506 In the time of William I. the Chief Justiciary was, after the King, the principal political person in the kingdom.
1911 Forum Mar. 270 The Court of Exchequer..was the highest court of the realm; where the capital justiciary presided, where the chancellor sold his writs.
2000 K. von S. Kynell Saxon & Medieval Antecedents Eng. Common Law 2 Ranulphus De Glanville was the Chief Justiciary of England and adviser to Henry II.
c. A high-ranking political or judicial officer in part of an English or Scottish monarch's realm; = justiciar n. 1a.
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a1657 J. Balfour Hist. Wks. (1824) I. 59 Allane, Earle of Athole, Grate Justiciarey of Scotland.
1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 360 He..made him justiciary of Ireland.
1707 L. Echard Hist. Eng. ii. iii. 306 Joining with his Brother Lewellyn, he suddenly surpriz'd the Lord Clifford, the King's Justiciary in Wales.
1788 W. Warrington Hist. Wales (ed. 2) vii. 389 Orders were likewise sent to Henry's justiciary in Ireland, that a diversion should be made from thence on the island of Anglesey.
1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 289 Alexander Earl of Ross,..King's justiciary north of the Forth.
1904 C. G. Harper Ingoldsby Country iv. 59 One of the murderers [of Becket], William de Tracy, became Justiciary of Normandy.
1913 T. A. Glenn Welsh Founders Pennsylvania ii. 60 Rhys rebuilds the castle of Cardigan, and about this time is appointed the king's Justiciary for South Wales.
2005 D. Richardson Magna Carta Ancestry 37 George Gordon (or Seton),..Justiciary North of the Forth, Lieutenant North of the Esk.
2. gen. A person who maintains or executes justice; = justicer n. 2. Cf. justiciar n. 2. Now somewhat rare.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun]
justicea1225
magistratec1384
Justice of the Peace1423
justiciary1548
justicer1550
justiciar?1550
law-keeper1644
law-officer (of the Crown)1781
worshipful1807
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lxxxi This sheperd was such a iusticiary that no offence was vnpunished, no frendship vnrewarded.
1590 R. Greene tr. O. Rinaldi Royal Exchange sig. Bi Aristides, the perfect iusticiarie of his time.
1675 W. Cave Antiquitates Apostolicæ 14 The supreme Ruler and Justiciary of the World.
1702 Dangers of Europe 60 King David..being a Man according to God's own Heart, must needs have been habitually a good Justiciary.
1767 W. Guthrie Gen. Hist. Scotl. I. ii. 130 A pacific prince likewise, as well as a strict justiciary.
1824 G. Chalmers Poetic Remains Some of Sc. Kings 20 To have arrested so many of his nobles, without being provided, with adequate proofs of their guilt, was not only unfit as a justiciary, but was imprudent as a statesman.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. v. ii. 313 The Emperor is..the supreme justiciary in his Gallic and German realm.
1916 F. J. Mather Estimates in Art 225 The great fresco of ‘Justice’,..with its half-circle of great lawgivers,..is warm and appealing... Like Raphael's philosophers, these famous justiciaries move in a larger air than ours, yet keep their credibility and retain our sympathy.
1922 D. J. Snider Biogr. Dante Alighieri i. iii. 308 Dante also the stern Justiciary, seizes the leaders on both sides of the fracas.
2004 C. Evain in F. Gallix & V. Guignery Crime Fictions 113 The hero's commitment only enhances his superman-like qualities as a justiciary, reformer, benefactor.
3. Any of various officials of non-English-speaking countries with functions comparable to those of an English or Scottish justiciary (see sense 1). Cf. justiciar n. 3.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > foreign
reeveeOE
justiciary1598
justiciar1625
1561 G. Gilby tr. J. Calvin Admon. against Astrol. Iudiciall sig. A.iiiiv There is as great diuersitie betwixt the gospel of the court and that of lawyers & Justiciaries [Fr. gens de justice et advocatz] and that of the marchants and commune multitude as is betwyxt the mony made of manye diuers coygnes.]
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Pref. f. 1 Of the instructione how to give assured demonstratione, of all manner of woundes whatsoever, before the iusticiaryes [Du. voor de Justitie; Fr. en Iustice].
1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale i. x. 181 The kings of Fraunce haue also reserued vnto themselues the right to seale with yellow waxe, a thing forbidden their nobilitie and other their iusticiaries [Fr. justiciers].
1636 Welwood's Abridgem. Sea-lawes (new ed.) ii. 27 Amongst the Romans..the Governours of these Fleets were called Archigubernij, and the Iusticiaries of sea-faring debates, Magisteriani.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 79 The passport was directed to all..generals of armies, justiciaries, and all officers of justice.
a1794 E. Gibbon Outl. Hist. World in Misc. Wks. (1796) IV. iv. 108 The justiciary of Arragon, a name dreadful to royal ears.
1819 Galignani's Weekly Repertory 10 Jan. 252 New powers were given [in Aragon] to a great magistrate, called the Justiciary.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. xiv. 378 The Senate and people of Rome..had sent justiciaries into Tuscany..to receive oaths of allegiance..and to exact tribute.
1907 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World (new ed.) X. iv. 104 The protection of the grand justiciary of Aragon had screened him from her malice.
1978 D. E. Stanford In Classic Mode iii. 154 Sister to Manuel who is chief justiciary of Sicily under the Spanish Viceroy Hugo.
1986 J. B. Knudsen Justus Möser & German Enlightenment ii. 45 His appointments as secretary,..syndic, and justitiary.
II. Theology.
4. A person who believes that adherence to religious law (cf. law n.1 10b) is sufficient to guarantee righteousness or justification in the eyes of God. Now rare and with reference to earlier authors.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [noun] > justification > believer in
justiciary?1535
self-justifier1575
justiciar1612
self-justiciary1644
?1535 tr. M. Luther Treat. Good Workes sig. c.iv To byleue then that we please god, is the chiefe worke that may be done of or in any creature, of the whiche these iustytiaryes & holy workemen & benefactours knowe nothyng at all [Ger. davon die wirckheiligenn und guttheter gar nichts wissen].
?1544 T. Becon Gouernans Vertue f. 79 Christ came not to call the Justiciaryes, but synners to repentaunce.
1558 T. Becon Pomander of Prayer 76 Suffer me not therefore, O Lord, to be in the number of those iusticiaries, whiche bosting their own righteousness..despise that righteousness that cometh by faith.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogation Week i. ⁋6 Iusticiaries and hipocrites, which rob Almighty God of this honour, and ascribe it to themselues.
1578 W. Gace tr. M. Luther Special & Chosen Serm. xxxiii. 462 This the hypocrites and iustitiaries can not abyde,..when they see..publicans to go before them into the kingdome of heauen.
a1625 J. Boys Wks. (1630) 456 The Pharisee..is a type of all Iustitiaries hoping to be saued by the righteousness of the law.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) IX. v. 146 The pompous austerities and fastings of many religious operators, and splendid justiciaries.
1778 in A. Dutton Treat. Justif. (ed. 3) v. 138 Paul's discourse is bent against proud self-righteous justiciaries, who thought to build up a righteousness of their own.
1877 E. White Myst. of Growth (ed. 2) vii. 115 When conscience begins to operate in earnest, see how it confounds the boldest justiciaries.
1994 D. Daniell William Tyndale v. 125 The justiciary does not glorify God.
Derivatives
juˈsticiaryship n. now rare the position, office, or period of office, of a justiciary (in various senses).
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > office of
magistracy1600
justiciaryship1611
justicehood1631
justiciarship1677
1611 [implied in: J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 517/1 The Earle of Kent, whom..the King remoued from the Proto-Iustitiariship (or high office of his Chiefe Iustice).].
1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 561 He required him also to give an Account of his Justiciaryship.
1767 E. Kimber Peerage of Scotl. 30 Archibald, his eldest son, and eighth earl, who was of the privy council to king Charles I. into whose hands he resigned the justiciaryship of all Scotland in 1628.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Aug. 11 De Olifard found his reward in a grant of lands in Roxburghshire and the justiciaryship of Lothian.
1916 M. H. MacInerny Hist. Irish Dominicans I. ix. 311 Every desirable position in Ireland..—from the archbishopric down to the rectorship of a parish, from the justiciaryship down to the humblest post of bailiff.
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justiciaryadj.1
/dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəri/, /dʒʌˈstɪʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdʒəˈstɪʃiˌɛri/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > grace > righteousness > [adjective] > justification
justifying1526
justiciary1572
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie i. f. 9v Preceptes iusticiarie. Remember, that God dothe looke alwaie vpon thee. Studie to be learned. Receiue no bribes. [Etc.].
a1594 R. Greenham Fruitful & Godly Serm. (1595) 44 By this sight of the most secreet sinnes, they should come to see that righteousnes that is in Christ Iesus, and so they shall the better be kept from being justiciary Pharisies.
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 3 A iusticiary, imaginary, false-conceited righteousnes.
1630 A. Symmer Rest for Weary v. sig. Biijv The proud Pharisee and Iusticiarie Hypocrite.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi. 121 Such a kind of Christian, or Believer, who savours much of the justiciary and legal spirit.
1763 W. Crookshank tr. H. Witsius Oeconomy of Covenants (new ed.) III. xii. 1121 Justiciary or self-righteous workers, who endeavour to establish their own righteousness.
2. Of or relating to the administration of justice, or to judges or justices; judicial.
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society > law > administration of justice > [adjective]
judiciala1325
justicial1477
juridical1502
judicative1527
justiciary1581
judicious1608
jural1635
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 209 They may spare number enough..to all martiall and militare affaires to all iusticiarie functions.
1630 M. Godwin tr. F. Godwin Ann. Eng. i. 165 Reasons and arguments were produced, as if a Disputation in the Schooles, and not a Iusticiary Session had beene appointed.
1632 R. Brome Northern Lasse iii. ii. sig. G 3v You have alwayes beene so strict and terrible in your iustitiary courses.
1696 T. Ellwood Answer G. Keith's Narr. 14 He hath Power..to confer Iusticiary Authority on such others as shall assemble on his Advertisement.
1711 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus (ed. 3) ii. 77 Those Justitiary Fools Old Headboroughs and Constables.
1770 W. Hooper tr. J. F. von Bielfeld Elements Universal Erudition I. xx. 169 When a soldier is enrolled, or an officer engaged, the judge advocate, who is the justiciary officer in each regiment, reads to him the articles of war.
1824 J. G. Smith Princ. Forensic Med. (ed. 2) 286 When they become matters of justiciary enquiry, the opinions of those who have had great experience should be sought.
1897 F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond 102 The demarcation of justiciary areas.
1925 G. G. Coulton Medieval Village 448 Nicholas de Clémanges complains of the public sale of offices involving justiciary powers.
1998 R. Frame Ireland & Brit., 1170–1450 v. 93 The case is printed from the justiciary roll in CSM.
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justiciaryadj.2
/dʒʌˈstɪʃɪəri/, /dʒʌˈstɪʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌdʒəˈstɪʃiˌɛri/ Scots Law.
attributive. Designating a circuit court held by a judge of the High Court of Justiciary; relating or belonging to such a court, or to the High Court of Justiciary in general.
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society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [adjective] > type of court
justiciary1663
assessionarya1742
1663 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1908) 3rd Ser. I. 436 The fynes imposed upon them for their contumacious absence from the justitiary court, as they call it.
1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose ii. 203 The Practices of the Council of Scotland, and Iusticiary Court.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 413 He was brought into the Justitiary Court, upon an inditement for the crime.
1727 P. Walker Remarkable Passages Semple, Welwood & Cameron 67 I would rather venture my Neck before our Justiciary Lords,..than before Church Judicatories.
1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 96 We Macers to the Justiciary Court, summon'd, warn'd and charg'd, the Persons aftermentioned, to compear before the Lords Justice General.
1777 J. Gibson Hist. Glasgow vi. 145 In it are the following full length portraits, kings James 6th and 7th,..and Archibald, duke of Argyle, in his justiciary robes.
1788 Æ. Morison Trial W. Brodie & G. Smith 20 They applied to the sheriff for a warrant to recover the trunk,..which was only lodged in the Justiciary-office yesterday morning.
1819 R. Chapman Life James V 128 To put an end to those disorders, the king established a justiciary court at Jedburgh.
1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. xix. §6. 363 The distinction of justiciary, session, and jury judges is done away.
1883 E. P. Hood Sc. Characteristics xii. 350 The justiciary lords..do me the honour to lodge here when they are on this circuit.
1901 ‘D. Donovan’ Deacon Brodie xxxvii. 233 The Judges, in their justiciary robes,..filed in, preceded by a macer bearing the justiciary mace.
1961 Glasgow Herald 21 Jan. 1 The first step was the lodging with the Justiciary Office in Edinburgh of a bill for criminal letters.
2008 R. L. Emerson Acad. Patronage in Sc. Enlightenm. ii. vi. 157 His Grace held the sinecure office of Lord Justice General which made him the official head of the Justiciary Court.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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