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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Justice \Jus"tice\, n. [F., fr L. justitia fr justus just See {Just}, a.] 1. The quality of being just conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other rectitude; equity; uprightness. Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy throne. -- Ps ixxxix 11. The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . . I have no relish of them -- Shak. 2. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice. 3. The rendering to every one his due or right just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives. This even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice To our own lips. -- Shak. 4. Agreeableness to right equity; justness; as the justice of a claim. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Justice \Jus"tice\, v. t. To administer justice to [Obs.] --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: justice n 1: the quality of being just or fair [syn: {justness}] [ant: {injustice}] 2: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied" [syn: {judicature}] 3: a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice [syn: {judge}, {jurist}, {magistrate}] 4: the federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870 [syn: {Department of Justice}, {Justice Department}, {Justice}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Justice, IL (village, FIPS 38830) Location: 41.74640 N, 87.83552 W Population (1990): 11137 (4390 housing units) Area: 7.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 60458 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Justice is rendering to every one that which is his due. It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is fair and right in every separate case. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service. K K is a consonant that we get from the Greeks, but it can be traced away back beyond them to the Cerathians a small commercial nation inhabiting the peninsula of Smero. In their tongue it was called _Klatch_, which means "destroyed." The form of the letter was originally precisely that of our H, but the erudite Dr Snedeker explains that it was altered to its present shape to commemorate the destruction of the great temple of Jarute by an earthquake, _circa_ 730 B.C. This building was famous for the two lofty columns of its portico, one of which was broken in half by the catastrophe, the other remaining intact. As the earlier form of the letter is supposed to have been suggested by these pillars, so it is thought by the great antiquary, its later was adopted as a simple and natural -- not to say touching -- means of keeping the calamity ever in the national memory. It is not known if the name of the letter was altered as an additional mnemonic, or if the name was always _Klatch_ and the destruction one of nature's pums. As each theory seems probable enough, I see no objection to believing both -- and Dr Snedeker arrayed himself on that side of the question.
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