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# justice

«justice» in Mova's school dictionary: **fairness: treating people in a fair and right way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (justice — uncountable; a justice, justices — a judge)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Justice is fairness: treating people in a fair and right way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#m1)

2) Justice is the system of laws, courts and punishments that a country uses to deal with crimes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#m2)

3) A justice is a judge, especially in a high court; a Justice of the Peace is a local judge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#m3)

4) «Do something justice» or «do justice to» means show it as well as it deserves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons pupils discuss justice, fairness and the law. In stories heroes fight for justice and villains are «brought to justice» (caught and punished). In everyday life, «this photo doesn't do you justice» means you look better in real life. Phrases: bring to justice, justice system, social justice, do justice to.

### examples

- Everyone deserves justice and fair treatment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x1)
- The police brought the robbers to justice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x2)
- The hero wanted justice for his village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x3)
- The photo doesn't do justice to the beautiful view. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x4)
- Martin Luther King fought for justice for all people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x5)
- The justice system includes police, courts and prisons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x6)
- The Justice read out the court's decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x7)
- "And he shall have justice!" said the third. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for fairness: «justice», not «a justice». Opposite: injustice. Adjective: just (fair). Do not confuse with «judge» or «jury»: the judge and jury work to give justice.

### In the corpora

- [Alice arrives at a court of justice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/21-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-1/0/)
- ["Justice-involved" is a US official phrase for having a criminal record or past contact with the courts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/21/)
- [Peace talks about land, safety and justice can take years, and a smile for the cameras does not mean a deal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/23-why-wars-happen-the-un-and-nato/5/)
- [Christians believe in forgiveness, and that justice and mercy can work together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/15/)
- [Restorative justice brings the wrongdoer and the person harmed together to put things right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/49-rights-duties-and-community/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «justice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/justice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.