1 [U] the fair treatment of people:
laws based on the principles of justice * They are demanding equal rights and justice.
OPPINJUSTICE
seealsoPOETICJUSTICE, ROUGHJUSTICE
2 [U] the quality of being fair or reasonable:
Who can deny the justice of their cause? * He demanded, not without justice, that he should be allowed to express his views.
OPPINJUSTICE
3 [U] the legal system used to punish people who have committed crimes:
the criminal justice system * The European Court of Justice * The two women stand charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.
seealsoMISCARRIAGEOFJUSTICE
4 (also Justice) [C] (AmE) a judge in a court of law (also used before the name of a judge):
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
seealsoCHIEFJUSTICE
5 (Justice) [C] (BrE) used before the name of a judge in the HIGHCOURT:
Mr Justice Davies
IDIOMS
bring sb to justice to arrest sb for a crime and put them on trial in a court of law
do justice to sb / sth; do sb/sth justice
1 to treat or represent sb/sth fairly, especially in a way that shows how good, attractive, etc. they are:
That photo doesn't do you justice. * He didn't play as well as he can, but to do him justice, it was his first game since his injury. * The review did not do justice to her talents.
2 to deal with sb/sth correctly and completely:
You cannot do justice to such a complex situation in just a few pages. * I didn't feel well and wasn't able to do justice to the meal she had cooked (= I could not eat all the food).
do yourself justice to do sth as well as you can in order to show other people how good you are:
She didn't do herself justice in the exam.
moreatPERVERTv.
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Is justice a noun, verb, or something else?
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