Definition of "justice"

justice

/ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural justices
1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
  Quotations
  This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
  c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene vii]
  God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.
  2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8
2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
4. The civil power dealing with law.
5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
  Quotations
  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.
  1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107

Definition of "justice"

justice

noun

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