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Noun: justiciary  jú'sti-shee,e-ree [N. Amer], jú'sti-sh(u-)ree [Brit]
  1. [Brit] Formerly a high judicial officer
    "The justiciary presided over the king's court in medieval England";
    - justiciar [Brit]
     
  2. The jurisdiction of a justiciar
    "The justiciary extended throughout the medieval kingdom"

Derived forms: justiciaries

Type of: judge, jurisdiction, jurist, justice

Encyclopedia: Justiciary