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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryjus·tice \ˈjəs-təs\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French justise, from Latin justitia, from justus DATE 12th century1. a. the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b. judge c. the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity2. a. the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b. (1) the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness c. the quality of conforming to law3. conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctnessEnglish Etymologyjustice mid-12c., "the exercise of authority in vindication of right by assigning reward or punishment," from O.Frhttp://O.Fr. justise, from L.justitia "righteousness, equity," from justus "upright, just" (see just (adj.)). The O.Frhttp://O.Fr. word had widespread senses, including "uprightness, equity, vindication of right, court of justice, judge." The word began to be used in English c.1200 as a title for a judicial officer. Meaning "the administration of law" is from c.1300. Justice of the peace first attested early 14c. In the Mercian hymns, L.justitia is glossed by O.E. rehtwisnisse.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ justicejust·ice / 5dVQstis / noun1. [U] the fair treatment of people 公平；公正: laws based on the principles of justice 以公正为原则的法律 They are demanding equal rights and justice. 他们要求平等的权利和公正的待遇。 OPP injustice ⇨ see also poetic justice , rough justice 2. [U] the quality of being fair or reasonable 公道；合理；公平合理: Who can deny the justice of their cause? 谁能否认他们的追求是合理的呢？ OPP injustice 3. [U] the legal system used to punish people who have committed crimes 司法制度；法律制裁；审判: the criminal justice system 刑事审判制度 The European Court of Justice 欧洲法庭 (BrE) They were accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. 他们因企图妨碍司法公正而被控。 (NAmE) They were accused of attempting to obstruct justice. 他们被控企图妨碍司法公正。 ⇨ see also miscarriage of justice 4. (also Just·ice) [C] (NAmE) a judge in a court (also used before the name of a judge) 法官(亦作称谓)⇨ see also chief justice 5. Just·ice [C] (BrE, CanE) used before the name of a judge in a court of appeal (称谓)上诉庭法官: Mr Justice Davies 高等法院法官戴维斯先生 IDIOMS ▪ bring sb to 'justice to arrest sb for a crime and put them on trial in court (将某人)绳之以法,缉拿归案▪ do justice to 'sb / 'sth; do sb / sth 'justice 1. to treat or represent sb / sth fairly, especially in a way that shows how good, attractive, etc. they are 公平对待某人(或某事)；给以公正的评价: That photo doesn't do you justice. 那张照片把你给照走样了。 2. to deal with sb / sth correctly and completely 恰当处理某人(或某事): You cannot do justice to such a complex situation in just a few pages. 你不可能仅仅几页就将这么复杂的形势恰如其分地描述出来。 ▪ do yourself 'justice to do sth as well as you can in order to show other people how good you are 充分发挥自己的能力: She didn't do herself justice in the exam. 她在考试中没有充分发挥出自己的水平。 ⇨ more at pervert v. Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishjustice noun 1 fairness ADJ. economic, natural, social | rough He saw it as rough justice when he got food poisoning from the stolen meat. | divine Some people saw the epidemic as divine justice. VERB + JUSTICE ask for, want All I'm asking for is justice. | get | deny sb We have been denied justice for too long. PHRASES a sense of justice The teacher's system of punishments appealed to the children's sense of justice. 2 law ADJ. civil, criminal, juvenile VERB + JUSTICE do Justice must be done in every case. | bring sb to | escape So far the robbers have escaped justice. JUSTICE + NOUN department PHRASES a miscarriage of justice He spent twenty years in prison as a result of a miscarriage of justice. | pervert the course of justice She was charged with perverting the course of justice after admitting to burning vital evidence. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun 1 the action, practice, or obligation of awarding each his just due FF1C;his justice was stern but absolutely fairFF1E; Synonyms: equity Related Words: evenness, fairness, impartiality Contrasted Words: foul play, inequity, unjustness; bias, leaning, one-sidedness, partiality Antonyms: injustice 2 Synonyms: JUDGE 2, ||beak, court, magistrateWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: jedburgh justice , or jersey justice , or bring to justice , or do justice , or justice clerk , or justice court , or justice general , or justice in eyre , or justice of the peace , or lord chief justice of england , or lord justice , or lord justice clerk , or lord justice general , or poetic justice , or police justice , or retributive justice , or social justice , or fountain of justice , or chief justice , or commutative justice , or corrective justice , or cosmopolitan justice , or distributive justice , or fugitive from justice , or high court of justicejus·tice\ˈjəstə̇s\ noun(-s)Usage: often attributiveEtymology: Middle English justice, justise, from Old English & Old French; Old English justise, from Old French justice, justise, from Latin justitia, from justus just + -itia -ice1. a. : the maintenance or administration of what is just : impartial adjustment of conflicting claims : the assignment of merited rewards or punishments : just treatment < meting out evenhanded justice > < the natural aspiration for justice in the human heart — W.A.White > < a splendid example of divine justice — M.W.Fishwick > < social justice > b. [Middle English justice, justise, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French justice, from Medieval Latin justitia, from Latin]: a person duly commissioned to hold courts or to try and decide controversies and administer justice: as (1) : a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England, or formerly of the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exchequer (2) : a judge of a common-law court or a superior court of record (3) : a justice of the peace : an inferior magistrate < a police justice > < traffic court justice > c. (1) : administration of law : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity (2) : infliction of punishment < promises the indulgence of the jury to the husband who has himself executed justice — H.M.Parshley >2. a. (1) : the quality or characteristic of being just, impartial, or fair :fairness, integrity, honesty < possessed a keen sense of honor and justice > < pointed out, with equal justice, that … there are good businesses and bad — D.W.Brogan > < “it was nobody's fault …,” she added, with scrupulous justice — Ellen Glasgow > < the same standards used in steel must in justice be applied to other industries — Mary K. Hammond > (2) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action < the courts are not helped as they … ought to be in the adaptation of law to justice — B.N.Cardozo > (3) : conformity to such principle or ideal : righteousness < defends the justice of his cause > b. (1) in Platonism : the condition of harmony existing in a state between its members when each citizen occupies a place in accordance with his merit : the highest of the four cardinal virtues (2) in Aristotelianism : the practice of virtue toward others — see commutative justice, distributive justice, retributive justice (3) : that virtue which gives to each his due c. (1) : the quality of conforming to positive law (2) : the quality of conforming to positive law and also to divine or natural law3. : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness, rightfulness < complained with justice that English waxes and wanes like the moon — English Language Arts > < admitted that there was much justice in these observations — T.L.Peacock >•- bring to justice- do justice

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