单词 | justiciar |
释义 | justiciar/dʒʌˈstɪʃə /noun historical 1An administrator of justice, in particular:In Ireland the justiciar was the king's chief representative in the 13th cent. until superseded by the king's lieutenant, the lord deputy, and the lord-lieutenant....
1.1A regent and deputy presiding over the court of a Norman or early Plantagenet king of England.Kidwelly was established on the estuary of the river Gwendraeth in 1106 by Roger, bishop of Salisbury, the justiciar of England, within a short time of the Norman conquest, to defend the road to west Wales....
1.2Either of two supreme judges in medieval Scotland.In Scotland the justiciar was the supreme law officer until replaced in the 15th cent. by the lord justice general....
OriginLate 15th century: from medieval Latin justitiarius (see justiciary). Rhymes |
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