jus-, just-, jur-
(Latin: right, upright, equitable; legal right, law)
jurisconsult
jurisdiction, jurisdictional
1. Administration of justice; exercise of judicial authority, or of the functions of a judge or legal tribunal; power of declaring and administering law or justice; legal authority or power.
2. The extent or range of judicial or administrative power; the territory over which such power extends.
jurisprudence
jurist
juror
Jurum Doctor; J.D.
Doctor of Laws.
jury
just
1. Guided by truth, reason, justice, and fairness: "We want to be just in our decision."
2. Done or made according to principle; equitable; proper: "He made a just reply to her question."
3. Based on right; lawful: "She made a just claim for her injury."
4. In keeping with truth or fact; true; correct: "They made a just analysis."
5. Given or awarded rightly; deserved, as a sentence, punishment, or reward: "The court issued a just penalty."
6. In accordance with standards or requirements; proper or right.
7. Actual, real, or genuine.
Juste et clementer.
With justice and clemency.
Motto of Johann Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1525-1598)
justice
1. The quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness.
2. Lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of reason.
3. The moral principle determining just conduct.
4. Conformity to a principle, as manifested in conduct; just conduct, dealing, or treatment.
5. The administering of deserved punishment or reward.
6. The maintenance or administration of what is just by law, as by judicial or other proceedings.
7. Judgment of people or causes by judicial process.
8. A judicial officer; a judge or magistrate.
9. Bring to justice, to cause to come before a court for trial or to receive punishment for one's misdeeds.
10. To do justice; to act or treat justly or fairly.
11. To treat adequately, fairly, or with full appreciation: "The subject is so complex that I cannot do justice to it in such a brief survey."
justiciary
justifiable
justifiably
justification
justifier