justices
Robed bench members
Justices is the plural of justice in its sense of a judge, particularly one serving on a high court: The justices heard oral arguments yesterday.
Supreme Court justices, justices of the peace, and chief justices all take this plural.
The word rarely pluralizes in its abstract sense of fairness—you don't usually speak of multiple justices being served.
Legal proceeding overseers
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- benchShared seating surface
- rulingsAuthoritative decisions on matters
- opinionsSubjective beliefs or assessments
dissent · majority · court · gavel · robes · chambers · clerks · docket
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
ethics · integrity · honor · principle · truth · conscience · neutrality · objectivity
Judicial bodies or playing areas
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
- trialsFormal legal proceedings
appeals · jurisdiction · due process · legal proceedings · case law · judicial review · interpretation · statutes
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- activismDirect effort for reform
advocacy · movements · discrimination · oppression · liberation · solidarity · dignity · access
Penalty for an offense
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- consequencesResults of actions taken
restitution · reparation · sentencing · correction · desert · vengeance · payback · atonement
judges
Legal proceeding overseers
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- benchShared seating surface
- rulingsAuthoritative decisions on matters
opinions · dissent · majority · court · gavel · robes · chambers · clerks · docket · appellate
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
balance · ethics · integrity · honor · principle · truth · conscience · neutrality · objectivity · evenhandedness
courts
Judicial bodies or playing areas
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- verdictsFormal trial conclusions
- sentencingImposing legal punishment
trials · appeals · jurisdiction · due process · legal proceedings · case law · judicial review · interpretation · statutes · constitutionality
civil rights
Guaranteed individual legal protections
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- equalitySame status for all
- reformImprove by correcting faults
activism · advocacy · movements · discrimination · oppression · liberation · solidarity · dignity · access · representation
punishment
Penalty for an offense
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
consequences · restitution · reparation · sentencing · correction · desert · vengeance · payback · atonement · redress
- legal systemattorney, landmark cases, criminal cases, lawyers, legal precedents
- adjudicatorsarbiter, arbiters, arbitrator, arbitrators, referee
- Federal Courtsfederal court, federal courts, district court, district courts, circuit court
- judiciaryfederal judge, district judge, magistrates, circuit judge, supreme courts
- medieval governancefeudal hierarchy, vassalage, lordship, commons, royal authority
- Supreme Courtcertiorari, oral arguments, oral argument, cert, opinions
justicesinjustices
Acts denying fairness
wrongs · inequities · unfairnesses · prejudices · biases
justicesadvocates
Those who support causes
prosecutors · defense attorneys · litigants · plaintiffs · defendants
- mob justiceExtralegal punishment by crowds
- do justiceTreat as deserved
- justice systemFramework for enforcing laws
- bring to justiceMake offenders face courts
- criminal justiceState apparatus for prosecuting offenders
- brought to justiceMade legally accountable