justiciary
Noun
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Noun
justiciary (plural justiciaries)
- (Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- (Originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
- (historical) One who administers justice, particularly:
- (historical) A judge or justice.
- (historical) A magistrate.
- (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- (historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- (Christian, theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- (The jurisdiction, power, or office of a judge) See judgeship
- (The collective body of judges) See judiciary
- (One who administers justice) justicer, justiciar
- (A judge) See judge
- (The chief judicial officer of medieval England) See judiciar
- (Proponent of a theological doctrine) See legalist
justiciary
- (Christian, theology, obsolete) Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
- (Christian, theology, obsolete) Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
- Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
- Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
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