justice | judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments |
obstruction of justice | impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court), can result in a finding of contempt of court |
corrective restorative | a device for treating injury or disease |
court lawcourt court of law court of justice | a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws |
tonic restorative | a medicine that strengthens and invigorates |
justice justness | the quality of being just or fair |
poetic justice just deserts | an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
Department of Justice Justice Department Justice DoJ | the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation), created in |
Bureau of Justice Assistance BJA | the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse |
Bureau of Justice Statistics BJS | the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers |
National Institute of Justice NIJ | the law enforcement agency that is the research and development branch of the Department of Justice |
International Court of Justice World Court | a court established to settle disputes between members of the United Nations |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
Department of Justice Canada DoJC | an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government |
chief justice | the judge who presides over a supreme court |
fugitive fugitive from justice | someone who is sought by law officers, someone trying to elude justice |
judge justice jurist | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
justice of the peace | a local magistrate with limited powers |
do justice | show due and full appreciation, The diners did the food and wine justice |
do justice | bring out fully or to advantage, This photograph does not do her justice |
recuperative restorative | promoting recuperation, recuperative powers, strongly recuperative remedies, restorative effects of exercise |
renewing restorative reviving revitalizing revitalising | tending to impart new life and vigor to, the renewing warmth of the sunshine |