justice /jusˈtis/

1. The quality of being just
2. Integrity
3. Impartiality
4. Rightness
5. The awarding of what is due
6. The administration of law
7. A judge
8. A magistrate
9. A justice of the peace

jusˈticer noun (obsolete)

A maintainer or administrator of justice

jusˈticeship noun

The office or dignity of a justice

justiciable /jus-tishˈi-ə-bl/ adjective

Liable to trial

justiciar /-tishˈi-ər/ noun (historical)

1. A judge or administrator of justice
2. A supreme judge

justiciary /-tishˈi-ə-ri/ noun

1. A justiciar (historical)
2. The jurisdiction of a justiciar (Scot)

Relating to the administration of justice

Justice of the Peace noun

A person commissioned to perform certain minor judicial and other functions within a specified locality, in England and Wales (but not in Scotland) called a magistrate (abbrev JP)

justices' justice noun (ironic)

The (unsatisfactory) kind of justice to be expected from the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England

bring to justice

To bring to trial and (usu) to punish (someone believed to be guilty)

chief justice

1. In the Commonwealth, a judge presiding over a supreme court
2. In the USA, a judge who is chairman of a group of judges in a court

do justice to

1. To give full advantage to
2. To treat fairly
3. To appreciate (a meal, etc) fully by eating heartily (informal)

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