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justice

Justice is the morally fair and right state of everything. To have justice as a person's character trait means that they are just and treat everyone the same, or how they would like to be treated. Making fun of someone or not letting them do something others can do because of the way someone looks, where they come from, their religion, or other things that are not wrong and a part of a person naturally or by birth is not just.

justice

the quality of being just or fair judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Justice

(= Department of Justice) the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

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Justice Department Department of Justice DoJ

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Simple sentences

Justice is expensive.
Don't you have a sense of justice?
Portia tempered justice with mercy.
We should do justice to both sides on that issue.
This figure is supposed to represent Marilyn Monroe, but I don't think it does her justice.
In the justice system of the United States, there are twelve people on a jury.
To do him justice, he is not without some merits.
To do him justice, he is not a bad man.
To do him justice, he did his best with his limited men and supplies.
To do him justice, we must admit that his intentions were good.
He is justice.
Where might is master, justice is servant.
No justice or freedom is possible when money always takes the crown.
The lawyer appealed to the jury's sense of justice.
Justice will prevail in the end.
To do him justice, he is a man of common sense.
To do him justice, he is not a selfish man.
He is what is called a champion of justice.
Justice is slow, but eventual.
Justice without mercy is cruelty; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.
Peace is not the absence of violence but the presence of justice.
Justice is what love looks like in public.
In a court of justice women are more often found guilty of perjury than men.

Movie subtitles

There is, if you'll excuse the pun, a certain kind of poetic justice to Declan being turned into a woman, and a young woman at that.
You said it was poetic justice that Declan turned into a young woman.
I'm sure she sees it as ironic justice.
Summoned to the Halls of Justice, in the office of the civic judge, Juve finds himself under accusations.
Forgive me for giving you the slip. While Juve is at the Station, it is better that I am free to work on his behalf to see that justice is done as soon as possible.
The construction of a new wing along the Orfevres Dock had turned the Halls of Justice upside down - they were overrun by builders.
Palace of Justice. We are confirming your nomination for the office of Examining Judge at Saint-Calais (Sarthe) in place of Mr.Judge Morel, now in retirement.
The Palace of Justice at Saint-Calais.
The minister of Justice has authorised me to inform you that you have been promoted. to president of the residency town, and that you are to take up your post within four days.
There, you see - there is some justice!
We guarantee to the Christian Patriarch of Jerusalem the right to deliver justice hereinafter on Christians remaining in the city, according to civil and canonical law.
I call to you for justice, King Gunther!
Don't try to do two things at once and expect to do justice to both.
A great throng of people attended, eager to see brought to justice the last member of the Mauprat gang.
May God hear you. and inspire him truth and justice.
But listen. You've been fighting for justice all this time, right?
What you call justice may not be the same thing as our justice.
You're a warrior of justice.
Seeing these nine brave souls who fought for humanity, upholding justice, facing impossible odds, yet pushing forward, is something that I will never forget.
You've brought here a respect for justice and the strength of your opinion.
Justice must prevail.
We live in a time when too many take justice into their own hands.
I know the justice system.
And the law is justice.
It's frontier justice.
I'll see that justice is done.
I want freedom, I want liberty, I want justice!
Water? Taking off our water supply just makes us thirstier for justice!
Frankie's team was playing for greed; Bud's team was playing for justice, so it meant more to them.
This is a discretion of the Chief of Justice.
The Justice Department made this decision.
Watch - - There is justice!
The chief justice is crazy about this type of sewer.
There is justice in the army!
I KNOW, BUT I PROMISED TO BRING HIM TO JUSTICE, AND I DIDN'T.
I would rather wait for Justice Zinnowitz. before I commit myself, please.
I'm glad you're here, Justice Zinnowitz.
Since when did you start crusading for justice?
If there is no longer any justice in the legion, where is there any?
I suppose it was strategy sending gorillas to drag me from that justice of the peace.

News and current affairs

The elections last November that brought the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power were preceded by a dispute between the members of the then-ruling coalition over enacting the reforms demanded by the EU.
NATO troops should be given the green light to help the Afghan army fight opium - destroy the heroin labs, disband the opium bazaars, attack the opium convoys, and bring the big traders to justice.
These officers dismiss and mistrust the requirements of universal justice, as embodied in the Nuremberg rulings.
Visionaries, such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, may inspire a demand for justice.
With a continued worldwide movement on behalf of global justice and economic development, a much more ambitious program for the world's poorest can still be reached.
Now is the time - with the world watching America fight to defend its values - for the worst excesses of its criminal justice system to be addressed.
With their backs against the wall, I predict, poor and working-class Americans will begin to agitate for social justice.
Demand growth at a pace that in any previous decade would have been seen as highly satisfactory is suddenly desperately insufficient, and Bush is being blamed (with some justice) for the slack labor market that has resulted.
By any standard of justice, it is also just plain wrong.
The apparent conflict between doing justice and preserving peace may be resolved through international law.
Let him go where we can't get at him, but with no guarantee of impunity if his actions or fate bring him to a place where justice can be done.
For not just Ibrahim, but the values that the EU professes to uphold, have been on trial in Egypt, and they have been mocked by the Mubarak's regime idea of justice.
Progress on meeting national priorities such as peace consolidation, expanding access to justice, or increasing security is monitored locally.
Supporting inclusive political dialogue and ensuring that conflict is resolved through peaceful means are the highest priorities, as are security, access to justice, and a dynamic private sector that generates sufficient job opportunities.
Despite making some progress in investigating the complaints and referring them to the justice system, as well as in raising public awareness about the issue, the challenges remain huge.
Perhaps most importantly, non-constitutional justice systems, such as sharia, must be monitored and checked, if not prohibited altogether.
As for Sahar Gul, her case must be thoroughly investigated, and the police and judiciary must commit to bringing her torturers to justice.
Neither event is earth shattering, but, taken together, these two steps mean that a new system of international justice is working.
In states where justice is bought by the rich and powerful, this may impossible, but individual judges can and do stand up to power.
All citizens should support such judicial stalwarts, for their example can refashion an entire justice system.
On that planet, we see rankings in the upper 90's for the survey's five categories: justice, health, education, economics, and politics.
The developed world's silence suggests that it takes the mistreatment of black and brown women by black and brown men for granted, rather than holding all people to one standard of justice.
There is no justice in economic mechanisms.
The EU's silence in the face of his arrest and imprisonment is shameful. For not just Ibrahim, but the values that the EU professes to uphold, have been on trial in Egypt, and they have been mocked by the Mubarak's regime idea of justice.

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