JUSTICIAR


Meaning of JUSTICIAR in English

[ dʒʌ'stɪʃə ]

■ noun historical

1》 a regent and deputy presiding over the court of a Norman or early Plantagenet king of England.

2》 either of two supreme judges in medieval Scotland.

Origin

C15: from med. L. justitiarius , from L. justitia , from justus (see just ).

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