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Definition
Fairness in protection of rights and punishment of wrongs. While all legal systems aim to uphold this ideal through fair and proper administration of the law of the land, it is possible to have unjust laws.
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justice is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
justice appears in the definitions of the following terms:
civil rights,
judicial officer,
separation of powers,
statutory declaration,
rectification,
denial of justice,
contempt of court,
equity,
ex aequo et bono
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justice appears in these other terms: natural justice, commutative justice, environmental justice, obstruction of justice, miscarriage of justice, International Court Of Justice, distributive justice, Justice of the peace (JP), social justice
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