n.
- just behaviour or treatment.
▸the quality of being just.
- the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this.
- a judge or magistrate.
Phrase
- bring someone to justice
arrest and try someone in court for a crime. - do oneself justice
perform as well as one is able. - do someone/thing justice
treat or represent someone or something with due fairness. - Mr
(or Mrs)
Justice
Brit. a form of address to a judge of the supreme court.
Derivative
Etymology
OE iustise ‘administration of the law’, via OFr. from L. justitia, from justus (see just).
