justiciar

Etymology
From and, from  +. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via, , , etc.

Noun

 * 1)  One who administers justice, particularly:
 * 2)  A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
 * 3)  A justice: a high-ranking judge.
 * 4)  A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
 * 5)  Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
 * 6)  A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

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Translations

 * Latin: justiciarius m