Collins English-English Dictionary

justice ['ʤ^stɪs]

1. 1. n the quality or fact of being just

2. 2. n [ethics] the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike

3. 3. n a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases

4. 4. n the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence

5. 5. n the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles

6. 6. n conformity to the law; legal validity

7. 7. n a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature

8. 8. n short for justice of the peace

9. 9. n good reason (esp in the phrase with justice)

   he was disgusted by their behaviour, and with justice

10. 10. n [Etymology] C12: from Old French, from Latin justitia, from justus just