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Justice1. (a.) The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness. 2. (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice. 3. (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives. 4. (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim. 5. (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice. 6. (v. t.) To administer justice to.
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