justiciary

Etymology
From, , , and , all from +. Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, from +. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via, , etc.

Noun

 * 1)  A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
 * 2)  The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
 * 3)  One who administers justice, particularly:
 * 4)  A judge or justice.
 * 5)  A magistrate.
 * 6)  A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
 * 7)  A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
 * 8)  Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
 * 9)  A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

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Translations

 * Latin: justiciarius m

Adjective

 * 1)  Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
 * 2)  Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
 * 3) Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
 * 4) Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
 * 5) Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.

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