See Also: Justice(medicine)
justice(encyclopedia)
justice(1)(dictionary)
justice(2)(dictionary)
justice(dictionary)
Justice of the Peace(dictionary)
chief justice(dictionary)
miscarriage of justice(dictionary)
poetic justice(dictionary)
COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE(law)

justice (oh)



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1 ?system of judgement?
2 ?fairness?
3 ?being right?
4 do justice to somebody/something
5 do yourself justice
6 justice has been done/served
7 ?judge?
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[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin justitia, from justus; JUST2]
?SYSTEM OF JUDGEMENT?
[U] the system by which people are judged in courts of law and criminals are punished
::a book on the criminal justice system
::The killers will be brought to justice (=caught and punished) .
::Acts of terrorism must not escape justice .
-see also miscarriage of justice
?FAIRNESS?
[U] fairness in the way people are treated
-opposite injustice injustice
::Children have a strong sense of justice .
::His people came to him, demanding justice .
-see also poetic justice
?BEING RIGHT?
[U] the quality of being right and deserving fair treatment
::No one doubts the justice of our cause.
do justice to sb/sth
also do sb/sth justice
to treat or represent someone or something good, beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve
::The photo doesn't do her justice.
::No words can do justice to the experience.
do yourself justice
to do something such as a test well enough to show your real ability
::Sara panicked in the exam and didn't do herself justice.
justice has been done/served
used to say that someone has been treated fairly or has been given a punishment they deserve
?JUDGE?
[C] also Justice
a) AmE a judge in a law court
b) BrE the title of a judge in the High Court
-see also rough justice at rough 1 (16)
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HINT sense 1
Do not use justice when you mean the laws of a country and the ways in which these laws operate. Use legal system: The jury plays an important role in the legal system.