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justice¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ Canada, US, UK
  • /ˈd͡ʒɐs.tɪs/ Australia
  • /ˈd͡ʒɐs.təs/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia.

Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).

noun justices

  1. countable, uncountable The state or characteristic of being just or fair. the justice of a description
  2. countable, uncountable The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. Justice was served.
  3. countable, uncountable Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. to demand justice
  4. countable, uncountable The civil power dealing with law. Ministry of Justice
  5. countable, uncountable A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name. Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
  6. countable, uncountable Correctness, conforming to reality or rules. As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.

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noun Justices · Jestice · Justiss

  1. The title of a justice of court.

proper noun Jestice · Justiss

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A male or female given name from English from the abstract noun justice. Justice, the elder, was his only son and heir to the Great Place, and Nomafu was the regent's daughter.
  3. A village in Cook County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
  5. A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
  6. A census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia.

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