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| jus·tice [ jústiss ] (plural jus·ti·ces) |
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1. fairness: fairness or reasonableness, especially in the way people are treated or decisions are made
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2. system or application of law: the legal system, or the act of applying or upholding the law
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3. validity: validity in law
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4. good reason: sound or good reason
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5. judge: a judge, especially of a higher court
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| [12th century. Via French< Latin justitia< justus (see just)] |
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bring somebody to justice to arrest somebody to be tried in a court of law
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do justice to somebody or something
1. to deal with somebody or something fairly
2. to convey the true qualities, especially the merits, of somebody or something
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do yourself justice to display your own abilities fully or perform to your full potentialoften used in the negative
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