See Also: justiciar(dictionary)
JUSTICIAR, or JUSTICIER(law)

justiciar (iou)



justiciar noun. L15.
[medieval Latin justitiarius: see JUSTICIARY noun1, -AR2.]
Hist.
a. = JUSTICE noun 8a. L15.
b. Either of two supreme judges under early Scottish kings. E17.
Hist. More fully Chief Justiciar. The regent and deputy of the Norman and early Plantagenet kings, who presided over the king's court; = JUSTICIARY noun1 3. L16.
gen. An administrator of justice; a person who maintains or carries out justice. arch. E17.
Chiefly Hist. Any of various Continental officials or functionaries. M19.
justiciarship noun the office of justiciar L17.