justice
jus·tice
noun
the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments
- “justice deferred is justice denied”
the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
Origin
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).
Phrases
- activist justice
- bed of justice
- bring to justice
- chief justice
- climate justice
- commutative justice
- court of justice
- distributive justice
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