justice
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Britannica Dictionary definition of JUSTICE
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the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals
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see also poetic justice
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They received justice in court.
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the justice system
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the U.S. Department of Justice
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criminals attempting to escape justice
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The role of the courts is to dispense justice fairly to everyone.
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Many people do not believe that justice has been served/done in his case. [=that he has been given proper punishment or fair treatment by the legal system]
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His supporters claim that he is an innocent man and that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice. [=an error made in a court of law that results in an innocent person being punished or a guilty person being freed]
◊ Someone who is brought to justice is arrested and punished for a crime in a court of law.
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The police couldn't bring the killer to justice.
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a judge in a court of law
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see also chief justice
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She is a justice of the state supreme court.
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Justice
— used as a title for a judge (such as a judge of the U.S. Supreme Court)
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the quality of being fair or just
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a sense of justice
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I saw no justice in the court's decision.
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fair treatment
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We should strive to achieve justice for all people.
do justice
◊ To do justice to something or someone or to do someone or something justice is to treat or show something or someone in a way that is as good as it should be.
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Words could never do justice to her beauty. [=could not adequately describe her beauty]
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The movie does not do justice to the book. = The movie does not do the book justice. [=the movie is not as good as the book]
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a brief summary that does not do justice to [=does not adequately show] the complexity of this issue
