justice

Definitions


[ˈdʒʌstɪs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- just behaviour or treatment
(e.g: a concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people)

- a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the Supreme Court of a country or state


Phrases:
- Mr Justice
- bring someone to justice
- do oneself justice
- do someone or something justice
- in justice to

Origin:
late Old English iustise ‘administration of the law’, via Old French from Latin justitia, from justus (see just)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries