justice scales
Courtroom weighing device
Justice scales are a balance scale symbolizing fairness and impartiality in law.
The image depicts two pans suspended from a beam, weighing evidence or arguments on each side.
Often held by Lady Justice (usually blindfolded), the scales represent the ideal of measuring claims without bias: The justice scales on the courthouse suggest fair judgment within.
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- rule of lawSupremacy of established laws
- court of lawJudicial body for disputes
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
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- Legal Artcourtroom art, gavel, courtroom scenes, witness stand, courtroom drama
- Freedom SymbolsStatue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, bald eagle, Marianne, torch
- Good and Evilgood, evil, good versus evil, virtue and vice, morality
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Small ceremonial hammer
hangman's noose · electric chair · guillotine · gallows · sword of justice
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Covert manipulation of results
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