Lady Justice
Courtroom statue symbol
Lady Justice is the personification of the judicial system, depicted as a robed woman holding scales in one hand and a sword in the other, often blindfolded.
The scales represent weighing evidence, the sword represents punishment, and the blindfold represents impartiality—justice administered without regard to wealth, power, or status.
Statues of Lady Justice stand outside courthouses worldwide.
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- blindfoldSight-blocking eye cover
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- swordHilted fighting blade
virtue · morality · truth · wisdom · prudence · providence · iconography · statue
Freedom from prejudice
- equalitySame status for all
- justnessMoral rightness or fairness
- fair playHonorable conduct in games
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
nondiscrimination · due process · equal protection · equitableness · level playing field · rectitude · righteousness · egalitarianism
Trial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- verdictOfficial court decision
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
litigation · prosecution · defendant · plaintiff · attorney · testimony · gavel · bench
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- neutralityState of taking sides
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
dispassion · detachment · equal treatment · indifference · color-blind · incorruptibility · disinterestedness · unprejudiced
Steadiness or amount owed
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- measureUnit of quantity
judgment · proportionality · equity · counterweight · equilibrium · assessment · consideration · fairness
Power to enforce obedience
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- consequenceResult of an action
decisiveness · finality · retribution · double-edged · coercion · might · execution · deterrence
allegory
Symbolic tale with deeper meaning
- personificationAttributing humanity to non-humans
- blindfoldSight-blocking eye cover
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
sword · virtue · morality · truth · wisdom · prudence · providence · iconography · statue · figure
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
evenhandedness · nondiscrimination · due process · equal protection · equitableness · level playing field · rectitude · righteousness · egalitarianism · parity
court
Trial venue or sports surface
jurisprudence · litigation · prosecution · defendant · plaintiff · attorney · testimony · gavel · bench · appeal
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
- blindnessAbsence of vision
- neutralityState of taking sides
unbiased · dispassion · detachment · equal treatment · indifference · color-blind · incorruptibility · disinterestedness · unprejudiced
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- weighingMeasuring mass or heft
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
measure · judgment · proportionality · equity · counterweight · equilibrium · assessment · consideration · fairness · calibration
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- powerEnergy transfer rate
consequence · decisiveness · finality · retribution · double-edged · coercion · might · execution · deterrence · sanction
- Justice Symbolsscales, blindfold, balance, gavel, balance scales
- personificationpersonification, anthropomorphism, talking animals, talking trees, talking toys
- personificationsMother Nature, Father Time, Grim Reaper, Old Man Winter, Jack Frost
- StatuesStatue of Liberty, David, The Thinker, Venus de Milo, Christ the Redeemer
- British legalbarrister, solicitor, QC, KC, defence counsel
- Legal Artcourtroom art, gavel, courtroom scenes, witness stand, courtroom drama
Lady Justiceinjustice
Denial of fair treatment
favoritism · bias · partiality · tyranny · mercy
Lady Justiceinjustice
Denial of fair treatment
miscarriage of justice · wrongful conviction · corruption · judicial corruption · kangaroo court
Lady Justicetyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
oppression · evil · wickedness · chaos · Nemesis
lady, justice, ladies, ladyship, just, justify, justified, justification, justifiable