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justice | American Dictionary

justice
noun
us/ˈdʒʌs·tɪs/

justicenoun (FAIRNESS)

[ U ]
the condition of being morally correct or fair:
He accused the police of false arrest and demanded justice.

justicenoun (LAW)

[ U ]
the system of laws by which people are judged and punished:
the criminal justice system

justicenoun (JUDGE)

[ C ]
a judge, esp. of one of the higher courts of law:
a justice of the US Supreme Court

justice | Business English

justice
noun
 LAWuk /ˈdʒʌstɪs/us
[ U ]
the system of laws within a country or state by which people are judged and punished:
The decision was welcomed as a great day for the British justice system.
Prosecutors alleged that she had obstructed justice by lying to investigators.
local/international justice
a miscarriage/obstruction of justiceUnder the new scheme, victims of miscarriages of justice would be entitled to compensation.
[ U ]
the quality of being fair and right:
justice for sbWe want justice for those who have suffered because of the company's actions.
social/racial justice
[ C ]
in the US, a judge in a court of law, especially a higher court:
a Supreme Court/Chief Justice
Justice
noun
 LAWuk /ˈdʒʌstɪs/us
in the UK, a title used before the name of a judge in the High Court:
Mr Justice Cooke

Examples of justice

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As a consequence, the guard was doubled and clergy and justices were asked to be especially vigilant.
In the thirteenth century, itinerant royal justices were sent out from time to time with a list of enquiries to put to local communities.
The justices were ordered to have this statute read before them in their courts and henceforth it was to be firmly kept and obeyed.
The plenitude of virtue also explains both the status and the growth in numbers of justices of the peace.
Since 1946, however, actual practice has not supported the formal rule that prohibits the removal of justices for political reasons.
The average tenure of justices fell from ten years to four years.
Whether they were useful justices or clerical stooges depended on the prejudices of the observer.
Justices can be reasonably confident that presidents sharing their core political commitments are likely to nominate justices who do the same.
More specifically, we examine not only how justices vacated their posts, but also what forces and considerations prompted their decisions to do so.
Rather, justices were responsive to external pressures of other sorts, including that from other branches of government.
Along with the harsh conditions in the southern and western circuits, the distance justices traveled in those circuits could itself be grueling.
Politically-minded efforts to hold out are identified in justices' biographies, as are incidents of coercion or enticement to leave the bench.
Over time, the interest of the gentlemen justices faded.
Our central contention is that justices' departures in this period were constrained in a manner distinct from their successors.
Once it was clear - as it was by 1617, and especially by 1621 - that ministers might be justices, patrons doubtless made their approaches.
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Collocations withjustice

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These are words often used in combination with justice.

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absolute justice
Accordingly, there are two forms of absolutejustice: absolute distributive justice and absolute corrective justice.
abstract justice
I say that, not because it is not in the interests of abstractjustice.
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