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Word Meanings - JUSTICEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice. Johnson.

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  • JOHNSONIANISM
    A manner of acting or of writing peculiar to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson.
  • JOHNSONESE
    The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.
  • JUSTICESHIP
    The office or dignity of a justice. Holland.
  • JOHNSON GRASS
    A tall perennial grass , valuable in the Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by swine. Called also Cuba grass, Means grass, Evergreen millet, and Arabian millet.
  • JOHNSONIAN
    Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.
  • JUSTICEHOOD
    Justiceship. B. Jonson.
  • JUSTICEMENT
    Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice. Johnson.
  • PROCEDURE
    1. The act or manner of proceeding or moving forward; progress; process; operation; conduct. "The true procedure of conscience." South. 2. A step taken; an act performed; a proceeding; the steps taken in an action or other legal proceeding.
  • ADMINISTRATION
    1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece
  • JUSTICER
    One who administers justice; a judge. "Some upright justicer." Shak.
  • JUSTICEABLE
    Liable to trial in a court of justice. Hayward.
  • COURTSHIP
    1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. Swift. 2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage. This method of courtship, both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to
  • JUSTICE
    1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each
  • INJUSTICE
    1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice.
  • ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION
    An administration subordinate to, and in aid of, the primary or principal administration of an estate.
  • CHIEF JUSTICE
    The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
  • MALADMINISTRATION
    Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
  • CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
    The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
  • UNJUSTICE
    Want of justice; injustice. Hales.
  • DISCOURTSHIP
    Want of courtesy. B. Jonson.
  • PREADMINISTRATION
    Previous administration. Bp. Pearson.

 

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