ENGLISH: justice - CREOLE: jistis



Overview of noun justice



The noun justice has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (16) justice, justness -- (the quality of being just or fair)

2. (6) justice, judicature -- (the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied")

3. (1) judge, justice, jurist, magistrate -- (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)

4. Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ -- (the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870)

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