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<hw>Jus"tice*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Justiceship.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Justicement</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"tice*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Justicer</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"ti*cer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who administers justice; a judge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Some upright <i>justicer</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Justiceship</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"tice*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or dignity of a justice.</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Justiciable</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus*ti"ci*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>justitiabilis</ets>, F. <ets>justiciable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Proper to be examined in a court of justice.</def>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Justiciar</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus*ti"ci*ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Justiciary</er>.</def>

<h1>Justiciary</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus*ti"ci*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LL. <ets>justitiarius</ets>, F. <ets>justicier</ets>. See <er>Justice</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>chief justiciary</i>, or <i>justiciar</i>, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also <i>ex officio</i> regent in the king's absence.</note>

<cs><col>Court of justiciary</col> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld>, <cd>the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.</cd></cs>

<h1>Justico, Justicoat</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw><hw>Jus"ti*co</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Jus"ti*coat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>justaucorps</ets>, lit., close to the body.]</ety> <def>Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.</def>

<h1>Justifiable</h1> <Xpage=807>

<hw>Jus"ti*fi`a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>justifiable</ets>. See <er>Justify</er>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.</def>

<blockquote>Just are the ways of God, An <b>justifiable</b> to men. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Jus"ti*fi`a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Justification</h1> <Xpage=807>