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Meaning of "justiciary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JUSTICIARY

justiciary  [dʒʌˈstɪʃɪərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JUSTICIARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Justiciary can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JUSTICIARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Commission of Justiciary

A commission of justiciary was a method of law enforcement employed in Scotland, in particular in the 16th and 17th centuries. In an era when the practical reach of central government was limited, the issuing authority would issue a commission to a single individual or a number of individuals authorising and requiring him or them to take steps to deal with the particular problem with which the authority was concerned. The problem might consist in a particular crime, a particular criminal or criminals, or wider local disorder.

Definition of justiciary in the English dictionary

The definition of justiciary in the dictionary is of or relating to the administration of justice. Other definition of justiciary is an officer or administrator of justice; judge.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JUSTICIARY


cheery
ˈtʃɪərɪ
dearie
ˈdɪərɪ
diary
ˈdaɪərɪ
enquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
Erie
ˈɪərɪ
expiry
ɪkˈspaɪərɪ
fiduciary
fɪˈduːʃɪərɪ
fiery
ˈfaɪərɪ
hosiery
ˈhəʊzɪərɪ
inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪərɪ
judiciary
dʒuːˈdɪʃɪərɪ
lire
ˈlɪərɪ
Neri
ˈnɪərɪ
officiary
əˈfɪʃɪərɪ
peri
ˈpɪərɪ
potentiary
pəˈtenʃɪərɪ
query
ˈkwɪərɪ
siri
ˈsɪərɪ
subsidiary
səbˈsɪdɪərɪ
theory
ˈθɪərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JUSTICIARY

justice
justice court
Justice Department
justice of the peace
justice of the peace court
justicer
justices in eyre
justiceship
justiciability
justiciable
justicialism
justiciar
justiciaries
justiciarship
justifiability
justifiable
justifiable homicide
justifiableness
justifiably
justification

WORDS THAT END LIKE JUSTICIARY

ariary
auxiliary
aviary
beneficiary
bestiary
biliary
briary
Court of Justiciary
evidentiary
High Court of Justiciary
incendiary
intermediary
pecuniary
penitentiary
sole beneficiary
stipendiary
tertiary
the Tertiary
topiary
wholly-owned subsidiary

Synonyms and antonyms of justiciary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «justiciary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JUSTICIARY

Find out the translation of justiciary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of justiciary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «justiciary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

三种刑事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

justiciero
570 millions of speakers

English

justiciary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

न्याय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

justiciary
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

судейский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Justiciary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিচারপতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

justicier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengadilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Justiciary
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

justiciary
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

justiciary
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adiluhung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quan toà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைமை நீதிபதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न्याय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüksek hakim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Justiciary
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wymiar sprawiedliwości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суддівський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

justiciary
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Justiciary
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerechts
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Justiciary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

justiciary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of justiciary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JUSTICIARY»

The term «justiciary» is normally little used and occupies the 115.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JUSTICIARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «justiciary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «justiciary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about justiciary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JUSTICIARY»

Discover the use of justiciary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to justiciary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Trial of Mungo Campbell, Before the High Court of ...
These cases, however, of barony arid f*» gality jurisdiction have nothing to do with the present question. Another argument used was, that warrants and executions issuing from the session and justiciary required the concurrence of the admiral, ...
Mungo Campbell, Lord Robert Macqueen Braxfield, Lord John Maclaurin Dreghorn, 1770
2
Authentick Extract of the Proceedings Before the Court of ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. ( 10) , Curia jnftkiaria S. D. N. Reg**, tenta in pr&- torio Burgi de Edinburgo, Quinto die Men- Jls Decembris, Millejimo feptingentejimo tri~ gejimo quinto, per Honor abiles vzros An- dream Fletcher da  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, 1737
3
The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and ...
Wrfbishop of Constance in JVormandy, was justiciary. In the beginning of William Rufus, Odo was again justiciaiy. William de Carilefo, bishop of Durham, a JVorman, succeeded Odo, and then followed) Ranutfih Flambardin 1099. Afterwards ...
Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
4
The trial of Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, Richard M'Neil, ...
before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on charges of murder, hiring to commit assassinations - and commiting, and hiring to commit, violence to persons and property Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, James Marshall, Richard M' Neil, ...
Thomas Hunter, Peter Hacket, James Marshall, 1838
5
Law-dictionary Explaining the Rise, Progress and Present ...
A Judge, Justice, or as he was sometimes termed, Justiciary! Shak- speare uses the term Justicier for Judge. The Lord Ber- mingham, Justicier of Ireland. Baker's Citron. Angl. fol. 118. The whole jurisdiction which is now distributed among the ...
Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1820
6
The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress and ...
A Judge, Justice, or as he was sometimes termed, Justiciary. Shak- speare uses the term Justicier for Judge. The Lord Ber- mingham, Justicier of Ireland. Baker's Chron. Angl.fol. 118. The whole jurisdiction which is now distributed among the ...
Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1820
7
Decisions of the Court of Session: from November 1825 to ...
from November 1825 to [20th July 1841] ... Scotland. Court of Session, F. Somerville, J. Tawse, John Craigie, George Robinson, Charles Gordon Robertson, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland), Scotland. High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain.
Scotland. Court of Session, F. Somerville, J. Tawse, 1826
8
The Records of the Proceedings of the Justiciary Court, ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Edinburgh (Scotland) Court, 2008
9
A Dictionary and Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Short ...
It was at one time questioned whether the Court of Justiciary was competent to try this offence ; but all doubt on that point was removed by 7 and 8 Geo. IV. c. 20, whereby it is made lawful to prosecute persons accused of fraudulent bankruptcy  ...
William Bell, 1838
10
An Account of the Trial of Thomas Muir: Esq. Younger, of ...
Esq. Younger, of Huntershill, Before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh. On the 30th and 31st Days of August, 1793, for Sedition Thomas Muir. proved of, in manner above mentioned ; and the said Thomas Muir is guilty actor, or art and  ...
Thomas Muir, 1793

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JUSTICIARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term justiciary is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Scottish Sentencing Council recruitment of legal members
The Council, which will also be responsible for producing sentencing guidelines for the approval of the High Court of Justiciary, is to be chaired ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
2
Police officer jailed over wilful neglect of duty has conviction quashed
Sheriff Dickson prepared a report for judges at the Justiciary Appeal Court in Edinburgh posing the question whether on the facts found in the ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
Ministry insists on getting Zain Dean
The High Court of Justiciary — the supreme criminal court of Scotland — overruled Dean's appeal on June 24, saying that Dean had received a ... «Taipei Times, Jul 15»
4
Convicted rapist's petition to the nobile officium dismissed as …
... neither the Court of Session nor the High Court of Justiciary and that thenobile officium is not designed for the review of administrative bodies ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
5
'It's complicated': Court of Session considers duty to offer an …
In 2010, Mr Reid's case was referred to the High Court of Justiciary, sitting as an appeal court, at the request of the Scottish Criminal Cases ... «UK Human Rights Blog, Jul 15»
6
Dundee bus sex act man appeals against prison sentence
But McNair is now appealing against his sentence at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. His case will be heard next week. Dundee ... «Evening Telegraph, Jul 15»
7
Court decision on extradition of British citizen put on hold
London, June 24 (CNA) The High Court of Justiciary in Scotland decided Wednesday to examine conditions at Taiwan's prisons before issuing ... «Focus Taiwan News Channel, Jun 15»
8
Man convicted of murdering his wife fails in 'fresh evidence of …
... an application to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) and the case was referred back to the High Court of Justiciary. «Scottish Legal News, Jun 15»
9
House of glass
Parliamentary privilege was supposed to keep parliamentarians safe from abuse by things like the justiciary or royal prerogative. It was not ... «Clarenville Packet, Jun 15»
10
EASTERN PASSAGES: House of glass
Parliamentary privilege was supposed to keep parliamentarians safe from abuse by things like the justiciary or royal prerogative. It was not ... «Hants Journal, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Justiciary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/justiciary>. May 2024 ».
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