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      "sort": "100079300",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "justice",
        "justices"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "jus*tice",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈjə-stəs",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "justic01",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "noun",
    "ins": [
      {
        "il": "plural",
        "if": "jus*tic*es"
      }
    ],
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1 a",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}the maintenance or administration of what is {d_link|just|just:1} especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "meting out {wi}justice{/wi}"
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "social {wi}justice{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|judge||}"
                  ]
                ],
                "sdsense": {
                  "sd": "especially",
                  "dt": [
                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}a judge of an appellate court or court of last resort (as a supreme court) "
                    ],
                    [
                      "vis",
                      [
                        {
                          "t": "a supreme court {wi}justice{/wi}"
                        }
                      ]
                    ],
                    [
                      "uns",
                      [
                        [
                          [
                            "text",
                            "used as a title "
                          ],
                          [
                            "vis",
                            [
                              {
                                "t": "{it}Justice{/it} Marshall"
                              }
                            ]
                          ]
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "c",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}the administration of law "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "a fugitive from {wi}justice{/wi}"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ],
                "sdsense": {
                  "sd": "especially",
                  "dt": [
                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity "
                    ],
                    [
                      "vis",
                      [
                        {
                          "t": "a system of {wi}justice{/wi}"
                        }
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2 a",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}the quality of being just, impartial, or fair "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "questioned the {wi}justice{/wi} of their decision"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
            [
              "pseq",
              [
                [
                  "sense",
                  {
                    "sn": "b (1)",
                    "dt": [
                      [
                        "text",
                        "{bc}the principle or ideal of just {d_link|dealing|dealing} or right action"
                      ]
                    ]
                  }
                ],
                [
                  "sense",
                  {
                    "sn": "(2)",
                    "dt": [
                      [
                        "text",
                        "{bc}conformity to this principle or ideal {bc}{sx|righteousness||} "
                      ],
                      [
                        "vis",
                        [
                          {
                            "t": "the {wi}justice{/wi} of their cause"
                          }
                        ]
                      ]
                    ]
                  }
                ]
              ]
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "c",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}the quality of conforming to law"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "3",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}conformity to truth, fact, or reason {bc}{sx|correctness||} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "admitted that there was much {wi}justice{/wi} in these observations",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "T. L. Peacock"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "Middle English, from Anglo-French {it}justise{/it}, from Latin {it}justitia{/it}, from {it}justus{/it} {dx_ety}see {dxt|just:1||}{/dx_ety}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "12th century{ds||1|a|}",
    "shortdef": [
      "the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments",
      "judge; especially : a judge of an appellate court or court of last resort (as a supreme court) —used as a title",
      "the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "justice of the peace",
      "uuid": "0de37391-f182-43d6-b72b-0867891de0b6",
      "sort": "100079400",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "justice of the peace",
        "justices of the peace"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "justice of the peace"
    },
    "fl": "noun phrase",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}a local magistrate empowered chiefly to administer summary justice in minor cases, to commit for trial, and to administer oaths and perform marriages"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "15th century",
    "shortdef": [
      "a local magistrate empowered chiefly to administer summary justice in minor cases, to commit for trial, and to administer oaths and perform marriages"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "justice is served/done",
      "uuid": "5012bd28-6544-4e36-a758-545e3824d9e2",
      "sort": "3010336000",
      "src": "ld",
      "section": "idioms",
      "stems": [
        "justice is done",
        "justice is served",
        "justice is served/done"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "justice is served/done"
    },
    "fl": "idiom",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}proper punishment or fair treatment is given by the legal system "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "Many people do not believe that {it}justice has been served/done{/it} in his case."
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "proper punishment or fair treatment is given by the legal system"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "chief justice",
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      "sort": "032535000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "chief justice",
        "chief justices"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "chief justice"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1534",
    "shortdef": [
      "the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice"
    ]
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    "meta": {
      "id": "fugitive from justice",
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      "sort": "063559500",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "fugitive from justice",
        "fugitives from justice"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "fugitive from justice"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}a person (such as a criminal suspect or witness) who tries to elude law enforcement especially by fleeing the jurisdiction {bc}{sx|fugitive||} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "… when I declare myself as her counsel, I have to surrender her or be charged with harboring a {wi}fugitive from justice{/wi}.",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "James M. Cain"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1735",
    "shortdef": [
      "a person (such as a criminal suspect or witness) who tries to elude law enforcement especially by fleeing the jurisdiction : fugitive"
    ]
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    "meta": {
      "id": "miscarriage of justice",
      "uuid": "0ff58e79-f784-44da-b756-ceff2f5cccfd",
      "sort": "133064000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "miscarriage of justice",
        "miscarriages of justice"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "miscarriage of justice"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
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              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}an outcome in a judicial proceeding that is unjust"
                  ]
                ],
                "sdsense": {
                  "sd": "especially",
                  "dt": [
                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}an error made in a court of law that results in an innocent person being punished or a guilty person being free "
                    ],
                    [
                      "vis",
                      [
                        {
                          "t": "His conviction was a {wi}miscarriage of justice{/wi}."
                        }
                      ]
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1800",
    "shortdef": [
      "an outcome in a judicial proceeding that is unjust; especially : an error made in a court of law that results in an innocent person being punished or a guilty person being free"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "poetic justice",
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      "sort": "165375000",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "poetic justice",
        "poetic justices"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "poetic justice"
    },
    "fl": "noun",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "date": "1691",
    "shortdef": [
      "an outcome in which vice is punished and virtue rewarded usually in a manner peculiarly or ironically appropriate"
    ]
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    "meta": {
      "id": "do justice to",
      "uuid": "b9d894fa-2444-4797-84ba-99a8f14ebfed",
      "sort": "3004828000",
      "src": "ld",
      "section": "idioms",
      "stems": [
        "do justice to"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "do justice to"
    },
    "fl": "idiom",
    "def": [
      {
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}to treat or show (something or someone) in a way that is as good as it should be "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "Words could never {it}do justice to{/it} her beauty."
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "The movie does not {it}do justice to{/it} the book."
                      },
                      {
                        "t": "a brief summary that does not {it}do justice to{/it} the complexity of this issue"
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "to treat or show (something or someone) in a way that is as good as it should be"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
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      "sort": "3014592000",
      "src": "ld",
      "section": "idioms",
      "stems": [
        "pervert justice"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "pervert justice"
    },
    "fl": "idiom",
    "def": [
      {
        "sls": [
          "British"
        ],
        "sseq": [
          [
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              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case "
                  ],
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                    [
                      {
                        "t": "She was convicted of {it}perverting justice{/it} for lying to the police."
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "pervert the course of justice",
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      "sort": "3014593000",
      "src": "ld",
      "section": "idioms",
      "stems": [
        "pervert the course of justice"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "pervert the course of justice"
    },
    "fl": "idiom",
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      {
        "sls": [
          "British"
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          [
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                    "text",
                    "{bc}to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case "
                  ],
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                        "t": "She was convicted of {it}perverting the course of justice{/it} for lying to the police."
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                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
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          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "shortdef": [
      "to try to stop the police from learning the facts about a criminal case"
    ]
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]