Dictionary entry

JUSTICIARY

Webster's Dictionary 1828

JUSTI'CIARY

JUST'IFIABLE, adjective [from justify.] That may be proved to be just; that may be vindicated on principles of law, reason, rectitude or propriety; defensible; vindicable. No breach of law or moral obligation is justifiable. The execution of a malefactor in pursuance of a sentence of court, is justifiable homicide.