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- 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 place in the United States:; A village in Cook County, Illinois.
- 4 A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Franklin County, North Carolina.
- 5 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Rogers County, Oklahoma.
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- 6 A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia.
- 1 The state or characteristic of being just or fair. countable, uncountable
"the justice of a description"
- 2 The title of a justice of court.
- 3 judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments wordnet
- 4 The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing. countable, uncountable
"Justice was served."
- 5 the quality of being just or fair wordnet
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- 6 Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another. countable, uncountable
"to demand justice"
- 7 the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 wordnet
- 8 The civil power dealing with law. countable, uncountable
"Ministry of Justice"
- 9 a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice wordnet
- 10 A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name. countable, uncountable
"Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court"
- 11 Correctness, conforming to reality or rules. countable, uncountable
"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."
Etymology
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).
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