Justice
['dʒʌstɪs]
Definition
(noun.) judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments.
(noun.) the quality of being just or fair.
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Definition
(a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
(a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
(a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
(a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
(a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
(v. t.) To administer justice to.
Checked by Gilbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Equity, equitableness, right, justness, fairness, impartiality, rectitude, fair play.[2]. Judge, justiciary.
Checker: Virgil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN: impartiality, fairness, right, reasonableness, propriety,uprightness, desert, integrity
ANT:Injustice, wrong, partiality, unfairness, unreasonableness, unlawfulness,inadequateness
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Definition
n. quality of being just: integrity: impartiality: desert: retribution: a judge: a magistrate.—ns. Jus′ticeship office or dignity of a justice or judge; Justic′iary Justic′iar an administrator of justice: a chief-justice.—Justice of the Peace (abb. J.P.) an inferior magistrate; Justices' justice a term sarcastically applied to the kind of justice sometimes administered by the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England.—Lord Chief-justice the chief judge of the King's (or Queen's) Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; Lord Justice-clerk the Scottish judge ranking next to the Lord-Justice-general presiding over the Outer House or Second Division of the Court of Session vice-president of the High Court of Justiciary; Lord Justice-general the highest judge in Scotland called also the Lord President of the Court of Session.—High Court of Justiciary the supreme criminal court of justice in Scotland.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you demand justice from a person, denotes that you are threatened with embarrassments through the false statements of people who are eager for your downfall. If some one demands the same of you, you will find that your conduct and reputation are being assailed, and it will be extremely doubtful if you refute the charges satisfactorily.
Typist: Maxine
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance taxes and personal service.
Editor: Rosalie
Unserious Contents or Definition
Fair play; often sought, but seldom discovered, in company with Law.
Editor: Quentin
Examples
- Rawdon acquiesced in the justice of her opinion; and in truth he had remarked that after a few nights of his little suppers, &c. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Justice and health of mind will be of the company, and temperance will follow after? Plato. The Republic.
- Your favourable opinion then, my Precious, does less than justice to Mr Boffin, and more than justice to me. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For the love of Heaven, of justice, of generosity, of the honour of your noble name! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Instead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice and three judges, to be appointed by the crown. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- A little more justice, Mr. Manager, if you please. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Now, can we find justice without troubling ourselves about temperance? Plato. The Republic.
- It is impossible to do justice to all the delicate attentions I received from Lord Worcester during nearly three years. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The Lord only gives us our worldly goods that we may do justice and mercy; if our rulers require a price of us for it, we must deliver it up. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But you must not sacrifice yourself to her from any sense of justice, replied Eustacia quickly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Then in time of peace justice will be of no use? Plato. The Republic.
- And this may be received as a convincing argument for our preceding doctrine with regard to property and justice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipp'd of justice! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I b'lieve my heart, I could get along and snake through, even if justices were more particular than they is. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Justices were sitting in the Town Hall near at hand, and we at once went over to have me bound apprentice to Joe in the Magisterial presence. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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