different between justice vs verdict

English

Etymology

From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin i?stitia (“righteousness, equity”), from i?stus (“just”), from i?s (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. Doublet of Justitia.

Displaced native Middle English rightwished, rightwisnes (“justice”) (from Old English rihtw?snes (“justice, righteousness”), compare Old English ?erihte (“justice”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?d??st?s/
• Hyphenation: jus?tice

Noun

justice (countable and uncountable, plural justices)

1. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
2. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.

3. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.

4. The civil power dealing with law.

5. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized when placed before a name.

6. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

Synonyms

• (judge of various lower courts): See judge
• (judge of a superior court): justiciar, justiciary

Antonyms

• injustice

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• fairness

Further reading

• justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin i?stitia, j?stitia. Doublet of justesse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ys.tis/

Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. justice

Derived terms

Related terms

• juste

References

• “justice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “justice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French justise, justice, borrowed from Latin i?stitia, j?stitia (“righteousness, equity”), from i?stus (“just”), from i?s (“right”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.

Noun

justice f (plural justices)

1. (Jersey) justice

Old French

Noun

justice f (oblique plural justices, nominative singular justice, nominative plural justices)

1. Alternative form of justise

English

Etymology

From Middle English verdit, from Old French verdit, from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.d?kt/

Noun

verdict (plural verdicts)

1. (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
2. An opinion or judgement.

Derived terms

• bastard verdict
• open verdict
• Scottish verdict
• special verdict
• verdictive
• verdict’s out
• verdict’s in

Translations

Further reading

• verdict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• verdict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.dikt/

Noun

verdict m (plural verdicts)

1. verdict

Middle English

Noun

verdict

1. Alternative form of verdit

Old French

Noun

verdict m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict)

1. Alternative form of verdit

Romanian

Etymology

From French verdict.

Noun

verdict n (plural verdicte)

1. verdict

Declension