justiciary
justiciary noun: a judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Noun
justiciary (countable and uncountable, plural justiciaries)
- A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- Synonyms:
- judgeship, judicature, jurisdiction, bench, justiceship
- The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
- Synonyms:
- bench, judiciary, judicature, judicial, judicial branch
- A judge or justice.
- A magistrate.
- A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- Antonyms:
- antinomian, solifidian
Adjective
justiciary (comparative more justiciary, superlative most justiciary)
- Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
- Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
- Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
- Synonyms:
- judicatory, judicial, judiciary, juridic, juridical, juridicial
- Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
- Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
justiciary meaning in Bengali
justiciary in Bengali
- বিচারক, প্রধান বিচারকের ক্ষমতার এলাকা, ক্ষমতার পরিসর
Synonyms of justiciary
- judgeship
- judicature
- jurisdiction
- bench
- justiceship
- judiciary
- judicial
- judicial branch
- justicer
- justiciar
10 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- judge
- justice
- judiciar
- legalist
- judicatory
- juridical
- juridicial
- doomsman
- judg
- juridic
Antonyms
Forms of justiciary
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | justiciaries |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more justiciary |
| superlative | most justiciary |
Origin of justiciary
From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc.
Words formed from justiciary
- Capital Justiciary
- Chief Justiciary
- Circuit Court of Justiciary
- Commissioner of Justiciary
- Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
- Court of Justiciary
- High Court of Justiciary
- justiciaryship
- Lord of Justiciary
Questions about justiciary
- What does justiciary mean?
- Justiciary means a judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
- What is justiciary in Bengali?
- Justiciary in Bengali is বিচারক, প্রধান বিচারকের ক্ষমতার এলাকা, ক্ষমতার পরিসর. See Justiciary meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is justiciary?
- Justiciary can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of justiciary?
- The plural of justiciary is justiciaries.
Words near justiciary in the dictionary
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