jus-, just-, jur-
(Latin: right, upright, equitable; legal right, law)
justify
1. To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid.
2. To declare free of blame; to absolve.
3. To demonstrate sufficient legal reason for an action taken.
4. In printing or typing text on the computer: To adjust the spacing within (lines in a document, for example), so that the lines end evenly at a straight margin.
Justitiae tenax.
Persevering in justice.
Justitia Omnibus.
Justice to all.
Motto of Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A. Also written in Latin as: Justicia omnibus.
Justitia stabilitur thronus.
By justice is the throne upheld.
Motto of Friedrich, Count of the Palatinate of Vohenstrauss (1557-1597).
justly
Law and Justice
Greek: Themis (goddess)
Latin: Justitia (goddess)
Lex ancilla justitiae.
Law, the servant of justice.
Motto of The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lux mundi justitia.
Justice is the light of the world.
Motto of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony (1585-1656).
Nemo tenetur jurare in suam turpitudinem.
No one is bound to swear to the fact of his own criminality.
No one can be forced to give his own oath in evidence of his guilt.
objurgate
objurgation
objurgative
objurgatively
objurgatory
officer
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