justice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: justice	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for justice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
justice n the quality of being just or fair [syn: justice, justness] Antonym(s): injustice, unjustness judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice Synonym(s): judge, justice, jurist the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 Synonym(s): Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Justice \Jus"tice\, n. [F., fr. L. justitia, fr. justus just. See {Just}, a.] 1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy throne. -- Ps. ixxxix. 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them. -- Shak. 2. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice. 3. The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. -- Shak. 4. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Justice \Jus"tice\, v. t. To administer justice to. [Obs.] --Bacon.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Justice, IL (village, FIPS 38830) Location: 41.74640 N, 87.83552 W Population (1990): 11137 (4390 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60458
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Justice is rendering to every one that which is his due. It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is fair and right in every separate case.