justice

justice
n.
rules of law
administration of law

1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice

2) to obstruct justice

3) to pervert justice

4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice

5) justice prevails

6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice

7) (misc.) to bring (a criminal) to justice; to temper justice with mercy

recognition, appreciation

8) to do justice to (her portrait does not do justice to her)

9) in justice to

judge

10) an associate (esp. US); chief (esp. US) justice; Lord Chief Justice (GB); a supreme court justice

magistrate

11) a traffic court justice; a justice of the peace

USAGE NOTE: The plural of Lord Chief Justice is Lords Chief Justice.
* * *
['dʒʌstɪs]
a supreme court justice
chief (esp. US) justice
poetic
render justice
summary justice
to temper justice with mercy
travesty of justice
Lord Chief Justice (GB)
a justice of the peace (USAGE NOTE: The plural of Lord Chit/Justice is Lords Chief Justice.)
(misc.) to bring (a criminal) to justice
['magistrate'] a traffic court justice
['rules of law'] ['administration of law'] to administer
a miscarriage
divine
in justice to
to obstruct justice
to pervert justice
justice prevails
['judge'] an associate (esp. US)
['recognition, appreciation'] to do justice to (her portrait does not do justice to her)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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