justice Význam & definícia

Význam justice v slovenčine

• 0 fairness in the way people are dealt with:

  • There's no justice in the world when people can be made to suffer like that.

  • The winner has been disqualified for cheating, so justice has been done (= a fair situation has been achieved).

• 1 the system of laws in a country that judges and punishes people:

  • the justice system in this country consists of a series of law courts at different levels.

  • The police are doing all they can to bring those responsible for the bombing to justice.

  • They are victims of a miscarriage of justice (= when the law has been carried out wrongly).

  • He has been accused of obstructing the course of justice (= preventing the law being put into action).

• 2 a judge in a law court:

  • The president is expected to name a new Supreme Court justice within the next few days.

  • Justice Ben Overton

  • Mr Justice Ellis

• 3 the condition of being morally correct or fair:

  • He accused the police of false arrest and demanded justice.

• 4 the system of laws by which people are judged and punished:

  • the criminal justice system

• 5 a judge, esp. of one of the higher courts of law:

  • a justice of the US Supreme Court

• 6 the system of laws within a country or state by which people are judged and punished:

  • The decision was welcomed as a great day for the British justice system.

  • Prosecutors alleged that she had obstructed justice by lying to investigators.

  • local/international justice

  • a miscarriage/obstruction of justice Under the new scheme, victims of miscarriages of justice would be entitled to compensation.

  • justice for sb We want justice for those who have suffered because of the company's actions.

  • social/racial justice

• 7 in the US, a judge in a court of law, especially a higher court:

  • a Supreme Court/Chief Justice

• 8 in the UK, a title used before the name of a judge in the High Court:

  • Mr Justice Cooke