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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
justice
justice UK US [ˈdʒʌs.tɪs] noun FAIRNESS 1. <A > uncountable 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). Opposite injustice Thesaurus+: ↑Justice and fairness • What poetic justice that Brady has to go to court to plead to be allowed to die, just like his innocent victims pleaded to be allowed to live. • That photo doesn't really do justice to her good looks. • The final score doesn't do justice to our team's performance. • She felt that her exam results didn't do her justice. • The book presents a vision of a society based on equity and social justice. LAW 2. <E > uncountable the system of laws in a country which 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). Thesaurus+: ↑Law courts • The perpetrators of the massacre must be brought to justice as war criminals. • We shall do everything necessary to bring the murderer to justice. • The state must ensure the independence and impartiality of the justice system. • The defendants are also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice. • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were fugitives from justice. JUDGE 3. <A > countable US a judge in a court of law • The President is expected to name a new Supreme Court justice within the next few days. • Justice Ben Overton Thesaurus+: ↑Judges and juries 4. <A > countable UK used before the name of a judge in the High Court • Mr Justice Ellis Thesaurus+: ↑Judges and juries • Lord Justice Wallace is expected to deliver his verdict early next week. • The re-trial will be heard before the justices. • Justice Woolf is hearing the case in closed session. • All but one of the justices agreed that the appeal should be dismissed. • The Supreme Court of the United States has nine members - a chief justice and eight associate justices. Idioms: do justice to somebody ▪ do justice to yourself
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