justice

Noun
  1. The quality of being just or fair (synset 104857348)
    is a type of:
    • righteousness - adhering to moral principles
    • natural virtue - (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature
    subtypes:
    same as: justness
  2. Judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments (synset 100695934)
    associated with: prejudice - disadvantage by prejudice
    is a type of: assessment, judgement, judgment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
    subtypes: administration, judicature - the act of meting out justice according to the law
  3. A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (synset 110244889)
    is a type of:
    subtypes:
    • alcalde - a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
    • chief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court
    • daniel - a wise and upright judge
    • doge - formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
    • justiciar, justiciary - formerly a high judicial officer
    • magistrate - a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
    • ordinary - a judge of a probate court
    • praetor, pretor - an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
    • qadi - an Islamic judge
    • recorder - a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
    • trial judge - a judge in a trial court
    • trier - one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
    specific instances: samson - (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah
    same as: judge, jurist
  4. The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation);
    Created in 1870 (synset 108152324)
    referred to in:
    is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
    has:
    • bja, bureau of justice assistance - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
    • bjs, bureau of justice statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
    • fbi, federal bureau of investigation - a federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice
    • dea, drug enforcement administration, drug enforcement agency - federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
    • bop, federal bureau of prisons - the law enforcement agency of the Justice Department that operates a nationwide system of prisons and detention facilities to incarcerate inmates sentenced to imprisonment for federal crimes
    • national institute of justice, nij - the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice
    • marshals, united states marshals service, us marshals service - the United States' oldest federal law enforcement agency is responsible today for protecting the Federal Judiciary and transporting federal prisoners and protecting federal witnesses and managing assets seized from criminals and generally ensuring the effective operation of the federal judicial system
    same as: department of justice, doj, justice department

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