justice

/ˈdʒʌstɪs/
noun
  1. Fair and moral treatment of people; the quality of being just or right.
    • In a fair society, everyone has access to justice.
    • She believed that justice would eventually prevail.
    • The protesters demanded justice for the victims of the crime.
  2. A judge or magistrate, especially on a higher court.
    • The justice listened carefully to both sides of the argument.
    • The Supreme Court justice delivered the final ruling.
    • She was appointed as a justice on the state appeals court.
  3. The system of laws and courts that enforces fairness and punishes wrongdoing.
    • The justice system works to protect the innocent.
    • He escaped justice by fleeing the country.
    • The criminal was brought to justice after years of investigation.
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