# justice
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia.
Displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Hyphenation: jus‧tice

### Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)
* The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
    the justice of a description
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vii]:This even-handed justice / Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice / To our own lips.
** 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 8:God recognized the justice of the moon's plea and compensated for its diminution by promising that only the moon would be seen both day and night.
* The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
    Justice was served.
* Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
    to demand justice
* The civil power dealing with law.
    Ministry of Justice
    the justice system
* A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.
    Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court
** 2024 March 4, Gail Collins, Bret Stephens, “Trump Is the Leading Man”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:Gee, I guess that’s up to the justices. Can’t imagine this court — which I find too conservative but not crazy — is going to issue a ruling that says a president can break any law in the land as an “official act” without consequence.
* Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
** 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Of the Inhabitants of Lilliput; […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), pages 106–107:As to Perſons of Quality, they give Security to appropriate a certain Sum for each Child, ſuitable to their Condition; and theſe Funds are always managed with good Husbandry and the moſt exact Juſtice.

#### Synonyms

* (judge of various lower courts): See judge
* (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary

#### Antonyms

* injustice

#### Derived terms

* activist justice
* bed of justice
* bring to justice
* chief justice
* climate justice
* commutative justice
* court of justice
* distributive justice
* divine justice
* do justice
* economic justice
* e-justice
* examining justice
* fugitive from justice
* in the furtherance of justice
* in the interest of justice
* Jedburgh justice
* Jeddart justice
* Jedwood justice
* jungle justice
* justice delayed is justice denied
* justice-involved
* justice is blind
* Justice League
* justice-like
* justice of the peace
* justices' justice
* Justice Society
* minister of justice
* miscarriage of justice
* no justice no peace
* obstruction of justice
* open justice
* palm tree justice
* poetical justice
* poetic justice
* puisne justice
* reproductive justice
* restorative justice
* rough justice
* scales of justice
* single justice procedure
* social justice
* social justice warrior
* strict justice
* territorial justice
* Texas justice
* transformative justice
* unwhipped of justice
* victor's justice

#### Related terms

* just
* justiciable
* justiciar
* unjust

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

* fairness

#### Further reading

* justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjustɪt͡sɛ]

### Noun

justice f
* justice
    Synonym: spravedlnost
* judicial system
* administration of justice
* (dated) gallows

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin jūstitia. Doublet of justesse.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒys.tis/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

justice f (plural justices)
* justice

#### Derived terms

* bois de justice
* huissier de justice
* justice sociale
* justiciable
* justicier
* lit de justice
* palais de justice
* parodie de justice
* poursuivre en justice
* raide comme la justice
* rendre justice
* repris de justice

#### Related terms

* injuste
* injustement
* injustice
* juste
* justement
* justesse

#### Descendants

* → Dutch: justitie
** → Caribbean Javanese: yustisi
** → Indonesian: yustisi
** → Javanese: ꦪꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦱꦶ (yustisi)
* → Swedish: justis

#### References

* Etymology and history of “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “justice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin iūstitia, jūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-.

### Noun

justice f (plural justices)
* (Jersey) justice

## Old French
### Noun

justice oblique singular, f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)
* Alternative form of justise