justiciary
justiciary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An old name for the judges of the higher English courts. Note: The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early English history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom, but also ex officio regent in the king's absence. Court of justiciary (Scots Law), the supreme criminal court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- adjudge
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- archon
- assessor
- assistant
- assize
- barmaster
- barrister
- beak
- box
- cadi
- case
- censor
- chancellor
- come
- common
- conservator
- county
- court
- critic
- determine
- domesman
- ephor
- grand
- his
- honor
- judge
- judgment
- judicial
- jurat
- juror
- jury
- juryman
- justice
- justiciar
- kadi
- litigant
- lordship
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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