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justice

[juhs-tis] / ˈdʒʌs tɪs /


NOUN
person who oversees court of law
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State law requires students be told the criminal justice system uses a different standard of proof and evidence than its Title IX investigations, a Cornell spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Every law-enforcement and justice institution serving the Cornell and Ithaca communities should ask whether its personnel are adequately trained in gender-responsive and trauma-informed approaches.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

French justice minister Gerald Darmanin said things had "gone from high-school student demonstrations to a public order disturbance".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

As Fennell reminds us at the end of the film, justice — if it ever comes — often arrives too late, and at the expense of too many lives.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

As a result, no neatly arranged rendering of the running argument Adams had with Jefferson after 1813 can do justice to its dynamic character.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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