the chief political and legal officer from the time of William I to that of HenryIII, who deputized for the king in his absence and presided over the kings' courts
Also called: justiciary
Derived forms
justiciarship (jusˈticiarˌship)
noun
justiciar in American English
(dʒʌsˈtɪʃiər)
noun
justiciary (sense 1) justiciary (sense 2)
Examples of 'justiciar' in a sentence
justiciar
Cazaril approached his first assigned duty, quietly investigating the probity of the provincial justiciar, with trepidation.