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A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

ks demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. Milton.

nge. -- Thief taker, one whose business is to find and capture thieves and bring them to justice. -- Thief tube, a tube for withdrawing a sample of a liquid from a cask. -- Thieves' vinegar, a kind of aromatic vinegar for the sick room, taking its name from the story that thieves, by using it, were enabled to plunde…

Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

The seat of a judge; the bench on which a judge and his associates sit for administering justice.

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance. "O ever-failing trust in mortal strength!" Milton. Most take things upon trust. Locke.

ust and oppressive severity; to exercise power others not permitted by law or required by justice, or with a severity not necessary to the ends of justice and government; as, a prince will often tyrannize over his subjects; masters sometimes tyrannize over their servants or apprentices.

f power; exercise of power over subjects and others with a rigor not authorized by law or justice, or not requisite for the purposes of government. "Sir," would he [Seneca] say, "an emperor mote need Be virtuous and hate tyranny." Chaucer.

ses unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his control, which law and humanity do not authorize, or which the purposes of government do not require; a cruel m…

ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

Want of equity or uprightness; injustice; wickedness; iniquity. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Acting contrary to the standard of right; not animated or controlled by justice; false; dishonest; as, an unjust man or judge.

unrestricted. Ascribe not unto God such an unlimited exercise of mercy as may destroy his justice. Rogers. Unlimited problem (Math.), a problem which is capable of an infinite number of solutions. -- Unlimited pump, a kind of deep-well pump placed at the level of the water, and operated from above ground. -- Un*lim"i…

A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.] His hand a vare of justice did uphold. Dryden.

An attendant upon a dignitary, as on a bishop, a dean, a justice, etc. [Eng.] Strype.

Familiar; conversant. [R.] Men not versant with courts of justice. Sydney Smith.

n. I looked on the consideration of public service or public ornament to be real and very justice. Burke.

ne has an interest with others. The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. L. Beecher. To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. F. W. Robertson.

nged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. Blackstone.

tain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. Addison. How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. Hawthorne.