Justice Court ˈdʒʌstɪs Social People I Order Noun

• she spent her life fighting for social justice and equality for women.
• he pledged to seek justice for the victims of the tragedy.
• children often have a highly developed sense of justice.
• laws based on the principles of natural justice

justice

1. the fair treatment of people
• OPPOSITE injustice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/injustice
• She spent her life fighting for social justice and equality for women.
• He pledged to seek justice for the victims of the tragedy.
• Children often have a highly developed sense of justice.
• laws based on the principles of natural justice

Extra Examples

• They are demanding equal rights and justice.
• They saw the reform proposals as a way to promote social justice.
• Sometimes I feel that there's no justice in the world.
• We will not get social order until we have economic justice.
2. the quality of being fair or reasonable
• OPPOSITE injustice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/injustice
• Who can deny the justice of their cause?
• He demanded, not without justice, that he should be allowed to express his views.
3. the legal system used to punish people who have committed crimes
• the criminal justice system
• The European Court of Justice
• the administration/obstruction of justice
• They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
• They were accused of attempting to obstruct justice.

Extra Examples

• Civilians were not subject to summary justice.
• So far the robbers have escaped justice.
• the battle for Taylor to face justice before the High Court
• those who are ultimately responsible for dispensing justice
• Restorative justice can only work when all parties agree.
• the deadliest episode of vigilante justice in American history
• Some people saw the epidemic as divine justice.
4. a judge in a court (also used before the name of a judge)
• SEE ALSO chief justice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chief-justice
5. used before the name of a judge in a court of appeal
• Mr Justice Davies
6. to arrest somebody for a crime and put them on trial in court
7. to treat or represent somebody/something fairly, especially in a way that shows how good, attractive, etc. they are
• That photo doesn't do you justice.
• He didn’t play as well as he can, but to do him justice, it was his first game since his injury.
• The review did not do justice to her talents.
8. to deal with somebody/something correctly and completely
• You cannot do justice to such a complex situation in just a few pages.
• I didn’t feel well and wasn’t able to do justice to the meal she had cooked (= I could not eat all the food).
9. to do something as well as you can in order to show other people how good you are
• She didn't do herself justice in the exam.
10. to tell a lie or to do something in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime

Word Origin

• late Old English iustise ‘administration of the law’, via Old French from Latin justitia, from justus, from jus ‘law, right’.