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justiciary

[ juh-stish-ee-er-ee ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the administration of justice.


noun

plural justiciaries.
  1. the office or jurisdiction of a justiciar.

justiciary

/ »åÏôʌˈ²õ³Ùɪʃɪə°ùɪ /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the administration of justice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an officer or administrator of justice; judge
  2. another word for justiciar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of justiciary1

From the Medieval Latin word ÂáÅ«²õ³Ù¾±³¦¾±Äå°ù¾±³Ü²õ, dating back to 1470–80. See justice, -ary
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To listen as chief justiciary to the causes, of which a constant crop sprang up at Emania, tares and corn thickly set together, troubled him sorely.

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The Zelle justiciary, nothing loath, next Sunday dispatched two hundred of his soldiers, who lay hid in the wood till the congregation had assembled.

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Edward by the grace of God, king, &c., to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justiciaries, &c. &c., health.

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This plea was debated at great length, and the provincial parliament eventually decided that, though the sentence was a just one, the Count of Valois had no justiciary authority in the district of Moisy.

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Ten years later he was appointed a lord of justiciary.

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