justice


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justice
n. equality, rightness, fairness; support of what is good and right, righteousness; administration of the appropriate punishment or reward, retribution; judicature; judge, magistrate

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JUSTICE
JUSTICE is a human rights and law reform organisation based in the United Kingdom. It is the British section of the International Commission of Jurists, the international human rights organisation of lawyers devoted to the legal protection of human rights worldwide. Consequently, members of JUSTICE are predominantly barristers and solicitorsjudges, legal academics, and law students.

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Justice
Justice, is a concept whose content several times has been subject to a philosophical as well as legal treatment. There is no universal definition of the term. In its most basic form, "justice" is the administration of punishment and reward. Further to this, one can say that justice excludes randomness. The concept of justice is based on numerous fields, and many differing viewpoints and perspectives including the concepts of moral correctness based on lawequityethicsrationalityreligion, and fairness. Often, the general discussion of justice is divided into the realm of societal justice as found in philosophy, theology and religion, and procedural justice as found in the study and application of the law.

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Justice

Noun
1. the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
(synonym) Department of Justice, Justice Department, DoJ
(hypernym) executive department
(part-meronym) Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA
(classification) legislation, statute law

 
justice

Noun
1. the quality of being just or fair
(synonym) justness
(antonym) injustice, unjustness
(hypernym) righteousness
(hyponym) fairness, equity
2. the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied"
(synonym) judicature
(hypernym) administration, disposal
(classification) law, jurisprudence
(class) prejudice
3. a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
(synonym) judge, jurist, magistrate
(hypernym) official, functionary
(hyponym) chief justice


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justice
nf. fairness, justice, law, judicature, justness

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justiçar
v. execute, put to death