dispense justice
11Justice of the peace — A justice of the peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative …
12justice — n. rules of law administration of law 1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice 2) to obstruct justice 3) to pervert justice 4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice 5) justice prevails 6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice 7) …
13justice — noun 1 fairness ADJECTIVE ▪ distributive, economic, environmental, natural, racial (esp. AmE), social ▪ rough ▪ He saw it as rough …
14dispense — [14] Dispense comes ultimately from Latin dispendere ‘weigh out’ (partial source of English spend). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘away’ and pendere ‘weigh’, a relative of pendēre ‘hang’, from which English gets pendulum,… …
15dispense — [14] Dispense comes ultimately from Latin dispendere ‘weigh out’ (partial source of English spend). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dis ‘away’ and pendere ‘weigh’, a relative of pendēre ‘hang’, from which English gets pendulum,… …
16dispense — verb Dispense is used with these nouns as the object: ↑justice, ↑medication, ↑medicine, ↑prescription, ↑wisdom …
17dispense — verb 1) servants dispensed the drinks Syn: distribute, pass around, hand out, dole out, dish out, share out; allocate, supply, allot, apportion 2) the soldiers dispensed summary justice Syn: administer …
18dispense — verb 1) servants dispensed the drinks Syn: distribute, pass round, hand out, dole out, dish out, share out 2) the soldiers dispensed summary justice Syn: administer, deliver, issue, deal out …
19dispense — v. 1 tr. distribute; deal out. 2 tr. administer (a sacrament, justice, etc.). 3 tr. make up and give out (medicine etc.) according to a doctor s prescription. 4 tr. (usu. foll. by from) grant a dispensation to (a person) from an obligation, esp.… …
20gate of justice — noun A gate, eg of a city, temple, etc, where a sovereign or judge sat to dispense justice • • • Main Entry: ↑gate …
