JUSTICESHIP
JUST'ICESHIP, noun The office or dignity of a justice.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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JUSTICIAR
JUSTI'CIAR, noun [Latin justiciarius.] An administrator of justice.1. A chief justice.2. One that boasts of the justice of his own act. [Not used.]
JUSTICIARY
JUSTI'CIARYJUST'IFIABLE, adjective [from justify.] That may be proved to be just; that may be vindicated on principles of law, reason, rectitude or propriety; defensible; vindic...
JUSTIFIABLE
JUST'IFIABLE, a. [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...
JUSTIFIABLENESS
JUST'IFIABLENESS, noun The quality of being justifiable; rectitude; possibility of being defended or vindicated.
JUSTIFIABLY
JUST'IFIABLY, adverb In a manner that admits of vindication or justification; rightly.
JUSTIFICATION
JUSTIFICA'TION, noun1. The act of justifying; a showing to be just or conformable to law, rectitude or propriety; vindication; defense. The court listened to the evidence and ar...
JUSTIFICATIVE
JUSTIF'ICATIVE, adjective Justifying; that has power to justify.
JUSTIFICATOR
JUSTIFICA'TOR, noun One who justifies. [Little used.]
JUSTIFIER
JUST'IFIER, noun One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports or defends.1. He who pardons and absolves from guilt and punishment.That he might be just, and the justifier of ...
JUSTIFY
JUST'IFY, verb transitive [Latin justus, just, and facio, to make.]1. To prove or show to be just, or conformable to law, right, justice, propriety or duty; to defend or maintai...
JUSTLE
JUS'TLE, verb intransitive jus'l. [See Jostle and Just.] To run against; to encounter; to strike against; to clash.The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one ...
JUSTLY
JUST'LY, adverb [from just.] In conformity to law, justice or propriety; by right. The offender is justly condemned. The hero is justly rewarded, applauded or honored.1. Accordi...
JUSTNESS
JUST'NESS, noun Accuracy; exactness; as the justness of proportions.1. Conformity to truth; as the justness of a description or representation.2. Justice; reasonableness; equity...
JUT
JUT, verb intransitive [a different spelling of jet.] To shoot forward; to project beyond the main body; as the jutting part of a building. A point of land juts into the sea.JUT...
JUT-WINDOW
JUT-WINDOW, noun A window that projects form the line of a building.
JUTTING
JUT'TING, participle present tense Shooting out; projecting.
JUTTY
JUT'TY, verb intransitive To jut. [Not used.]JUT'TY, noun A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole.
JUVENILE
JU'VENILE, adjective [Latin juvenilis, from juvenis, young.]1. Young; youthful; as juvenile years or age.2. Pertaining or suited to youth; as juvenile sports.
JUVENILITY
JUVENIL'ITY, noun Youthfulness; youthful age.1. Light and careless manner; the manners or customs of youth.
JUXTAPOSITED
JUXTAPOS'ITED, adjective [Latin juxta, near, and posited.]Placed near; adjacent or contiguous.
JUXTAPOSITION
JUXTAPOSI'TION, noun [Latin juxta, near, and position.]A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity; as the parts of a substance or of a composition. The connection of wo...