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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Justiciary (0.00854 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Justiciary.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: justiciary
justiciary
n 1: formerly a high judicial officer [syn:
justiciar]
2: the jurisdiction of a justiciar
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Justiciary
Justiciary
\Jus*ti"ci*a*ry\, n. [Cf. LL. justitiarius, F.
justicier. See
Justice.] (Old Eng. Law)
An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The chief justiciary, or justiciar, in early English
history, was not only the chief justice of the kingdom,
but also ex officio regent in the king's absence.
[1913 Webster]
Court of justiciary (Scots Law), the supreme criminal
court, having jurisdiction over the whole of Scotland.
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