justice

About 60.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

   the justice of a description

2. noun The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

   Justice was served.

3. noun Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

   to demand justice

4. noun The civil power dealing with law.

   Ministry of Justice

5. noun A title given to judges of certain courts (usually supreme courts); capitalized when placed before a name.

   Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

6. noun Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Similar words

judicature jurist judge magistrate justness department of justice justice department adjudication legal judicial

Often followed by

and of to in is system department for was

Word family

justices