| slovo | definícia |
justice of the peace
(encz) | justice of the peace, n: |
Justice of the peace
(gcide) | Peace \Peace\, n. [OE. pees, pais, OF. pais, paiz, pes, F. paix,
L. pax, pacis, akin to pacere, paciscere, pacisci, to make an
agreement, and prob. also pangere to fasten. Cf. Appease,
Fair, a., Fay, v., Fang, Pacify, Pact, Pay to
requite.]
A state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or
agitation; calm; repose; specifically:
(a) Exemption from, or cessation of, war with public enemies.
(b) Public quiet, order, and contentment in obedience to law.
(c) Exemption from, or subjection of, agitating passions;
tranquillity of mind or conscience.
(d) Reconciliation; agreement after variance; harmony;
concord. "The eternal love and pees." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Peace is sometimes used as an exclamation in commanding
silence, quiet, or order. "Peace! foolish woman."
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
At peace, in a state of peace.
Breach of the peace. See under Breach.
Justice of the peace. See under Justice.
Peace of God. (Law)
(a) A term used in wills, indictments, etc., as denoting a
state of peace and good conduct.
(b) (Theol.) The peace of heart which is the gift of God.
Peace offering.
(a) (Jewish Antiq.) A voluntary offering to God in token of
devout homage and of a sense of friendly communion with
Him.
(b) A gift or service offered as satisfaction to an offended
person.
Peace officer, a civil officer whose duty it is to preserve
the public peace, to prevent riots, etc., as a polliceman,
sheriff or constable.
To hold one's peace, to be silent; to refrain from
speaking.
To make one's peace with, to reconcile one with, to plead
one's cause with, or to become reconciled with, another.
"I will make your peace with him." --Shak.
[1913 Webster] |
Justice of the peace
(gcide) | Justice \Jus"tice\ (j[u^]s"t[i^]s), n. [F., fr. L. justitia, fr.
justus just. See Just, a.]
[1913 Webster]
1. The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of
righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict
performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to
human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with
each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
[1913 Webster]
Justice and judgment are the haditation of thy
throne. --Ps. ixxxix.
11.
[1913 Webster]
The king-becoming graces,
As justice, verity, temperance, stableness, . . .
I have no relish of them. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and
in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit
or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the
justice of a description or of a judgment; historical
justice.
[1913 Webster]
3. The rendering to every one his due or right; just
treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or
punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
[1913 Webster]
This even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice
of a claim.
[1913 Webster]
5. A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and
decide controversies and administer justice.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This title is given to the judges of the common law
courts in England and in the United States, and extends
to judicial officers and magistrates of every grade.
[1913 Webster]
Bed of justice. See under Bed.
Chief justice. See in the Vocabulary.
Justice of the peace (Law), a judicial officer or
subordinate magistrate appointed for the conservation of
the peace in a specified district, with other incidental
powers specified in his commission. In the United States a
justice of the peace has jurisdiction to adjudicate
certain minor cases, commit offenders, officiate at
marriages, etc.; abbreviated JP.
Usage:
Syn: Equity; law; right; rectitude; honesty; integrity;
uprightness; fairness; impartiality. -- Justice,
Equity, Law. Justice and equity are the same; but
human laws, though designed to secure justice, are of
necessity imperfect, and hence what is strictly legal is
at times far from being equitable or just. Here a court
of equity comes in to redress the grievances. It does
so, as distinguished from courts of law; and as the
latter are often styled courts of justice, some have
fancied that there is in this case a conflict between
justice and equity. The real conflict is against the
working of the law; this a court of equity brings into
accordance with the claims of justice. It would be an
unfortunate use of language which should lead any one to
imagine he might have justice on his side while
practicing iniquity (inequity). Justice, Rectitude.
Rectitude, in its widest sense, is one of the most
comprehensive words in our language, denoting absolute
conformity to the rule of right in principle and
practice. Justice refers more especially to the carrying
out of law, and has been considered by moralists as of
three kinds: (1) Commutative justice, which gives every
man his own property, including things pledged by
promise. (2) Distributive justice, which gives every man
his exact deserts. (3) General justice, which carries
out all the ends of law, though not in every case
through the precise channels of commutative or
distributive justice; as we see often done by a parent
or a ruler in his dealings with those who are subject to
his control.
[1913 Webster] |
justice of the peace
(wn) | justice of the peace
n 1: a local magistrate with limited powers |
| |