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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Justiciary \Jus*ti"ci*a*ry\, n. [Cf. LL justitiarius F. justicier. See {Justice}.] (Old Eng. Law) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. Note: The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also ex officio regent in the king's absence. {Court of justiciary} (Scots Law), the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: justiciary n 1: (British) formerly a high judicial officer [syn: {justiciar}] 2: the jurisdiction of a justiciar
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