(1) Moral rightness; equity (2) Honor and fairness (3) Good reason (4) Fair handling; due reward or treatment (5) The administration and procedure of law (6) To approach with proper appreciation; enjoy fully (7) To show to full advantage
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
Justice is used before the names of judges. A preliminary hearing was due to start today before Mr Justice Hutchison, but was adjourned. see also miscarriage of justice
{i} equality, rightness, fairness; support of what is good and right, righteousness; administration of the appropriate punishment or reward, retribution; judicature; judge, magistrate
If you do yourself justice, you do something as well as you are capable of doing it. I don't think he could do himself justice playing for England
The virtue of protecting individuals' possessions within the acknowledged rules of conduct
the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied" the quality of being just or fair
a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
The justice of a cause, claim, or argument is its quality of being reasonable, fair, or right. We are a minority and must win people round to the justice of our cause. = legitimacy
That which concerns fairness or equity, often divided into three parts: procedural justice, concerned with fair methods of making decisions and settling disputes; distributive justice, concerned with the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of society; and corrective justice, concerned with correcting wrongs and harms through compensation or retribution
A justice is a judge. Thomas will be sworn in today as a justice on the Supreme Court
If a criminal is brought to justice, he or she is punished for a crime by being arrested and tried in a court of (Hukuk) They demanded that those responsible be brought to justice