justice
see also: Justice
Pronunciation
Justice
Noun
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see also: Justice
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
justice
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- the justice of a description
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene vii]:
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Justice was served.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- to demand justice
- The civil power dealing with law.
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.
- Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
- (judge of various lower courts) See judge
- (judge of a superior court) justiciar, justiciary
- French: justice
- German: Gerechtigkeit
- Italian: giustizia
- Portuguese: justiça, justeza
- Russian: справедли́вость
- Spanish: justicia, justedad, justeza
- French: justice, équité
- German: Gerechtigkeit
- Italian: giustizia
- Portuguese: justiça
- Russian: справедли́вость
- French: justice
- German: Gerechtigkeit, Genugtuung
- Portuguese: justiça
- Russian: справедли́вость
- French: justice
- German: Justiz, Gerechtigkeit
- Italian: giustizia
- Portuguese: justiça
- Russian: правосу́дие
- Spanish: justicia
- French: conseiller (rough equivalent)
- Portuguese: chefe de justiça, ministro (rough equivalent)
- Russian: судья́
Justice
Noun
justice (plural justices)
Proper noun- Surname
- A male given name from the abstract noun justice.
- 1994 Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus (1995), ISBN 0349106533, page 21:
- Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.
- 1994 Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus (1995), ISBN 0349106533, page 21:
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