English Explanatory Dictionary

justiciary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
  2. The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
  3. One who administers justice
  4. A judge or justice.
  5. A magistrate.
  6. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
  7. A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
  8. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
  9. A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
adj
  1. Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
  2. Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
  3. Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
  4. Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
  5. Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.

Word forms

justiciary justiciaries more justiciary most justiciary

Etymology

From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc.

Synonyms

judgeship judicature jurisdiction bench justiceship justiciary judiciary judicial judicial branch justicer justiciar doomsman judg judge justice judiciar legalist see legalist judicatory juridic juridical juridicial

Antonyms

antinomian solifidian

Derived words

Capital Justiciary Chief Justiciary Circuit Court of Justiciary Commissioner of Justiciary Lord Commissioner of Justiciary Court of Justiciary High Court of Justiciary justiciaryship Lord of Justiciary

Translations

Latin: iūstitiārius
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