Definition of justice Justice

/ʤʌˈstʌs/ - [justus] - Jus•tice

We found 22 definitions of justice from 8 different sources.

What does justice mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: justices
justice - the quality of being just or fair
		justness
		unjustness, injustice an unjust act
		righteousness adhering to moral principles
		natural virtue (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature
		equity, fairness the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
justice - judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
		assessment, judgement, judgment the market value set on assets
		judicature, administration the act of meting out justice according to the law
justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
		judge, jurist
		functionary, official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
		adjudicator a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
		alcalde a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
		chief justice the judge who presides over a supreme court
		daniel an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar
		doge formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
		justiciar, justiciary formerly a high judicial officer
		magistrate a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
		ordinary (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields
		praetor, pretor an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
		qadi an Islamic judge
		recorder equipment for making records
		trial judge a judge in a trial court
		trier one who tries
justice - the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
		Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ
		executive department a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
		statute law, legislation the act of making or enacting laws
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		bja, bureau of justice assistance the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
		bjs, bureau of justice statistics the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
		fbi, federal bureau of investigation a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
		dea, drug enforcement administration, drug enforcement agency federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
		federal bureau of prisons, bop the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
		national institute of justice, nij the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice

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Wiktionary

justice (Noun)
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
justice (Noun)
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc. , especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
justice (Noun)
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged anothers.
justice (Noun)
The civil power dealing with law.
justice (Noun)
A judge of certain courts. Also capitalized as a title.
justice (Noun)
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

justice (a.)
The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
justice (a.)
Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
justice (a.)
The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
justice (a.)
Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
justice (a.)
A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
justice (v. t.)
To administer justice to.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

justice
Correct application of law as opposed to arbitrariness.
justice
A judicial officer.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

justice
jus′tis, n. quality of being just: integrity: impartiality: desert: retribution: a judge: a magistrate.—ns. Jus′ticeship, office or dignity of a justice or judge; Justic′iary, Justic′iar, an administrator of justice: a chief-justice.—Justice of the Peace (abb. J.P.), an inferior magistrate; Justices' justice, a term sarcastically applied to the kind of justice sometimes administered by the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England.—Lord Chief-justice, the chief judge of the King's (or Queen's) Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; Lord Justice-clerk, the Scottish judge ranking next to the Lord-Justice-general, presiding over the Outer House or Second Division of the Court of Session, vice-president of the High Court of Justiciary; Lord Justice-general, the highest judge in Scotland, called also the Lord President of the Court of Session.—High Court of Justiciary, the supreme criminal court of justice in Scotland. [Fr.,—L. justitia.]