justice
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
Displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: jus‧tice
NounEdit
justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)
- The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
- the justice of a description
- 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, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii]:
- This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
- 2001, David L. Lieber; Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8:
- 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.
- The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
- Justice was served.
- Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
- to demand justice
- The civil power dealing with law.
- Ministry of Justice
- the justice system
- A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
- Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
- Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
SynonymsEdit
- (judge of various lower courts): See judge
- (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
justice f (plural justices)
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ReferencesEdit
- Etymology and history of “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further readingEdit
- “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.
NounEdit
justice f (plural justices)
Old FrenchEdit
NounEdit
justice f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)
- Alternative form of justise