European Court of Justice noun

The court of the European Union whose jurisdiction covers the hearing of disputes on issues of European Union law

European Currency Unit see ECU (n).

European Economic and Social Committee noun

A consultative committee of the European Union, consisting of representatives from various economic and social groups

European Economic Community noun

The common market formed in 1957 under the Treaty of Rome by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, which become an institute of the European Community in 1967 (abbrev EEC; see also European Union below)

European Free Trade Association noun

A free trade area created in 1960, now comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (abbrev EFTA)

European Monetary Fund noun

The managing body of the former European Monetary System (abbrev EMF)

European Monetary System noun

A former system linking the values of EU countries' currencies in order to limit fluctuations and support weaker currencies (abbrev EMS)

European Monetary Union noun

The adoption of a single currency by all the member states of the European Union

European Ombudsman noun

A body of the European Union responsible for investigating complaints from citizens against any European Union institution or body

European Parliament noun

The legislative assembly of the European Union

European plan noun (US)

In hotels, the system of charging for lodgings and service without including meals (cf American plan)

European Space Agency noun

A European organization promoting international co-operation in space research and technology (abbrev ESA)

European Union noun

An economic and political free-trade association of European states formed in 1993 from the European Community (abbrev EU)

justice /jusˈtis/

1. The quality of being just
2. Integrity
3. Impartiality
4. Rightness
5. The awarding of what is due
6. The administration of law
7. A judge
8. A magistrate
9. A justice of the peace

jusˈticer noun (obsolete)

A maintainer or administrator of justice

jusˈticeship noun

The office or dignity of a justice

justiciable /jus-tishˈi-ə-bl/ adjective

Liable to trial

justiciar /-tishˈi-ər/ noun (historical)

1. A judge or administrator of justice
2. A supreme judge

justiciary /-tishˈi-ə-ri/ noun

1. A justiciar (historical)
2. The jurisdiction of a justiciar (Scot)

Relating to the administration of justice

Justice of the Peace noun

A person commissioned to perform certain minor judicial and other functions within a specified locality, in England and Wales (but not in Scotland) called a magistrate (abbrev JP)

justices' justice noun (ironic)

The (unsatisfactory) kind of justice to be expected from the unpaid and amateur magistracy of England

bring to justice

To bring to trial and (usu) to punish (someone believed to be guilty)

chief justice

1. In the Commonwealth, a judge presiding over a supreme court
2. In the USA, a judge who is chairman of a group of judges in a court

do justice to

1. To give full advantage to
2. To treat fairly
3. To appreciate (a meal, etc) fully by eating heartily (informal)

do oneself justice

To show one's abilities to best advantage

European Court of Justice

An EU institution whose function is to ensure that the laws embodied in the EU treaties are observed, and to rule on alleged infringements

High Court of Justice

A section of the English Supreme Court, comprising Chancery and Queen's (or King's) Bench Divisions

High Court of Justiciary

The supreme criminal court in Scotland

Lord Chief Justice

The chief judge of the Queen's (or King's) Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

Lord Justice-Clerk

The Scottish judge ranking next to the Lord Justice-General, presiding over the Second Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session, vice-president of the High Court of Justiciary

Lord Justice-General

The highest criminal judge in Scotland, called also the Lord President of the Court of Session