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justiciary
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From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc.
noun justiciaries
- A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
- A judge or justice.
- A magistrate.
- A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
adjective more justiciary · most justiciary
- Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
- 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.
