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