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jus⋅ti⋅ci⋅ar⋅y

  [juh-stish-ee-er-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the administration of justice.
–noun
2. the office or jurisdiction of a justiciar.
3. justiciar (defs. 1 and 2).
Origin:
1470–80; < ML jūsticiārius. See justice, -ary
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jus·ti·ci·ar·y   (jŭ-stĭsh'ē-ěr'ē)   
n.   pl. jus·ti·ci·ar·ies also jus·ti·ci·ars
A high judicial officer in medieval England.

[Medieval Latin iūstitiāria, from feminine of iūstitiārius, of the administration of justice, from Latin iūstitia, justice; see justice.]
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