justice : Idioms & Phrases

• (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.

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• noun the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
  BJA.
  

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• noun the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
  BJS.
  

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• noun the judge who presides over a supreme court
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers.

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• noun a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
  lawcourt; court; court of law.
  

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• noun the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
  Justice; DoJ; Department of Justice.
  

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• noun an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government
  DoJC.
  

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• verb bring out fully or to advantage
  
  • This photograph does not do her justice
• verb show due and full appreciation
  
  • The diners did the food and wine justice

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• noun someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice
  fugitive.
  

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• (Law), one who, having committed a crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another to avoid punishment.

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• noun a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations
  World Court.
  

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• noun the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870
  Justice; DoJ; Department of Justice.
  

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• noun a local magistrate with limited powers
  

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• (Law), a judicial officer or subordinate magistrate appointed for the conservation of the peace in a specified district, with other incidental powers specified in his commission. In the United States a justice of the peace has jurisdiction to adjudicate certain minor cases, commit offenders, etc.

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• the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

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• the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

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• noun the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
  NIJ.
  

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• noun impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court
  

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• noun an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically)
  just deserts.
  

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• a judge of a police court.

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• noun a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon
  Hizbullah; Organization of the Oppressed on Earth; Lebanese Hizballah; Islamic Jihad; Hezbollah; Hizballah; Hizbollah; Party of God; Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine.
  

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• noun the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform
  Centre for International Crime Prevention.
  

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