Justice | Mean of justice in English Dictionary

/ˈʤʌstəs/

• Noun
• the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals
1. They received justice in court.
2. the justice system
3. the U.S. Department of Justice
4. criminals attempting to escape justice
5. The role of the courts is to dispense justice fairly to everyone.
6. Many people do not believe that justice has been served/done in his case. [=that he has been given proper punishment or fair treatment by the legal system]
7. His supporters claim that he is an innocent man and that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice. [=an error made in a court of law that results in an innocent person being punished or a guilty person being freed]
8. The police couldn't bring the killer to justice.
• a judge in a court of law
1. She is a justice of the state supreme court.
• the quality of being fair or just
1. a sense of justice
2. I saw no justice in the court's decision.

• fair treatment
1. We should strive to achieve justice for all people.