justice

From Middle English justice, borrowed 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-. Displaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes (“justice”) (from Old English rihtwīsnes (“justice, righteousness”), compare Old English ġerihte (“justice”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/

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justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.

   the justice of a description

   • Shakespeare

     This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.

2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

   Justice was served.

3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

   to demand justice

4. The civil power dealing with law.

   Ministry of Justice

   the justice system

5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.

   Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court

6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

• (judge of various lower courts): See judge
• (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary

• injustice

• fairness

• justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.tis/

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justice f (plural justices)

1. justice

• juste

• etymology

• “justice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

justice f (plural justices)

1. (Jersey) justice

justice f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)

1. Alternative form of justise