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justice
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[ noun ] the quality of being just or fair
Synonyms Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)- liberal considers that the need for a national economy with controls that will assure his conception of social justice is so great that individual and local liberties as_well_as democratic processes may have to yield before it . (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)Piepsam 's fatal rage arises not_only because he cannot stop the cyclist , but also because God will not stop him ; as Piepsam says to the crowd in his last moments : `` His justice is not of this world '' . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)`` Litigants and witnesses were put to the expense and inconvenience of going long distances to transact business ; public money spent ; justice delayed ; nothing accomplished , and the whole distribution of justice in this county seems to be an absolute farce '' . (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)We should think_of it more as an act of justice than compassion '' . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)J._Wheaton_Smith , editor of the Warren_Telegraph stated that `` the ends of justice must be satisfied , a solitary example must be set , in_order_that all those misnamed philantropists [ sic ] , who , actuated by a blind zeal , dare to instigate riot , treason , and murder , may heed it and shape their future course accordingly '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law,work) the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments
Synonyms Examples "justice deferred is justice denied" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)`` Litigants and witnesses were put to the expense and inconvenience of going long distances to transact business ; public money spent ; justice delayed ; nothing accomplished , and the whole distribution of justice in this county seems to be an absolute farce '' . `` Litigants and witnesses were put to the expense and inconvenience of going long distances to transact business ; public money spent ; justice delayed ; nothing accomplished , and the whole distribution of justice in this county seems to be an absolute farce '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law,work) a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
Synonyms Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Three weeks later following his recovery , armed with a writ issued by the Catskill justice on affidavits prepared by the district_attorney , Cook and Russell rode to arrest Martinez . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 933
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[ noun ] (law,government) the federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
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