Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter J - Page 13
Junos (n. pl. ) of June.
June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera.
June (n.) One of the early discovered asteroids.
Juntas (n. pl. ) of Junta.
Junta (n.) 軍人集團；執政團；團體 A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
Junta (n.) A junto.
Junta (n.) A small committee or group self-appointed to serve as the government of a country, usually just after a coup d'etat or revolution, and often composed primarily of military men. The term is used mostly in Latin American countries.
Junta (n.) A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power [syn: military junta, junta].
Juntos (n. pl. ) of Junto.
Junto (n.) A secret council to deliberate on affairs of government or politics; a number of men combined for party intrigue; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers; a junto of politicians.
The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met. -- Thomson.
Junto (n.) A clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: cabal, faction, junto, camarilla].
Jupartie (n.) Jeopardy. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Jupati palm (n.) (Bot.) A great Brazilian palm tree ({Raphia taedigera), used by the natives for many purposes.
Jupati palm (n.) A tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes. [syn: Jupati].
Jupon, Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. -- Dryden.
Jupon, Juppon (n.) A petticoat. -- Halliwell.
Jupe (n.) Same as Jupon.
Jupiter (n.) (Rom. Myth.) The supreme deity, king of gods and men, and reputed to be the son of Saturn and Rhea; Jove. He corresponds to the Greek Zeus.
Jupiter (n.) (Astron.) One of the planets, being the fifth from the sun, the brightest except Venus, and the largest of them all, its mean radius being about 43,345 miles (69,758 kilometers), almost exactly one-tenth that of the sun. It revolves about the sun in 4,332.6 days, at a mean distance of 5.2025 from the sun (778,140,000 km), the earth's mean distance (the astronomical unit) being taken as unity. It has a mass of 1.901 x 10^{27 kg, about one-thousandth that of the sun, and more than the remainder of the planets combined. It has an average solar day equal to 9.842 earth hours. The rapid revolution causes a noticeable flattening at the poles; the diameter at the equator is 71,370 km, and at the poles 66,644 km. -- HCP61
Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) A South European herb, with cymes of small red blossoms ({Centranthus ruber).
Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) The houseleek ({Sempervivum tectorum); -- so called from its massive inflorescence, like the sculptured beard of Jove. -- Prior.
Jupiter's beard. (Bot.) The cloverlike Anthyllis Barba-Jovis.
Jupiter's staff (Bot.), The common mullein; -- so called from its long, rigid spike of yellow blossoms. Jupon
Jupiter (n.) The largest planet and the 5th from the sun; has many satellites and is one of the brightest objects in the night sky.
Jupiter (n.) (Roman mythology) Supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus [syn: Jupiter, Jove].
Jupiter (v. t.) [IRC] To kill an IRC bot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user. Now commonly shortened to jupe. K
Jupiter, () To kill an IRC robot or user and then take its place by adopting its nick so that it cannot reconnect. Named after a particular IRC user who did this to NickServ, the robot in charge of preventing people from inadvertently using a nick claimed by another user.
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Jupiter, () The principal deity of the ancient Greeks and Romans. He was worshipped by them under various epithets. Barnabas was identified with this god by the Lycaonians (Acts 14:12), because he was of stately and commanding presence, as they supposed Jupiter to be. There was a temple dedicated to this god outside the gates of Lystra (14:13).
Jupiter, The father that helpeth.
Jupiter, FL -- U.S. town in Florida
Population (2000): 39328
Housing Units (2000): 20943
Land area (2000): 19.998551 sq. miles (51.796007 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.125379 sq. miles (2.914719 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 21.123930 sq. miles (54.710726 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35875
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 26.925985 N, 80.104963 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 33458 33477 33478
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Jupiter, FL
Jupiter
Gipoun (n.) [See Jupon.] A short cassock. [Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon.] [Obs.] Gipser
Jupon (n.) Alt. of Juppon.
Juppon (n.) A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips. -- Dryden.
Juppon (n.) A petticoat. -- Halliwell.
Jura (n.) A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
Jura (n.) (Geol.) The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
Jurassic (a.) (Geol.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, about 190 to 140 million years ago, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, O["o]lite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. It was noted for the predominance of dinosaurs on land, and the development of the first birds and mammals. -- n. The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.
Jural (a.) Pertaining to natural or positive right. [R.]
By the adjective jural we shall denote that which has reference to the doctrine of rights and obligations; as by the adjective "moral" we denote that which has reference to the doctrine of duties. -- Whewell.
Jural (a.) (Law) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jural (a.) Of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations [syn: jural, juristic].
Juramenta (n. pl. ) of Juramentum.
Juramentum (n.) (Roman & Old Eng. Law) An oath.
Jurassic (a.) (Geol.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, about 190 to 140 million years ago, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, O["o]lite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains. It was noted for the predominance of dinosaurs on land, and the development of the first birds and mammals. --n. The Jurassic period or formation; -- called also the Jura.
Jurassic (a.) Of or relating to or denoting the second period of the Mesozoic era.
Jurassic (n.) From 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers [syn: Jurassic, Jurassic period].
Jurat (n.) A person under oath; specifically, an officer of the nature of an alderman, in certain municipal corporations in England. -- Burrill.
Jurat (n.) (Law) The memorandum or certificate at the end of an asffidavit, or a bill or answer in chancery, showing when, before whom, and (in English practice), where, it was sworn or affirmed. -- Wharton. Bouvier.
Juratory (a.) Relating to or comprising an oath; as, juratory caution.
Jura-trias (n.) A term applied to many American Mesozoic strata, in which the characteristics of the Jurassic and Triassic periods appear to be blended.
Jurdiccion (n.) Jurisdiction.
Jurdon (n.) Jordan.
Jurel (n.) A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts (Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse crevalle, jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes called jurel.
Juridic (a.) Alt. of Juridical.
Juridical (a.) Pertaining to a judge or to jurisprudence; acting in the distribution of justice; used in courts of law; according to law; legal; as, juridical law.
Juridically (adv.) In a juridical manner.
Jurisconsult (n.) A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
Jurisdiction (n.) [U] (Law) 司法；司法權，審判權，裁判權；權力；管轄權 The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission.
Jurisdiction (n.) The authority of a sovereign power to govern or legislate; the right of making or enforcing laws; the power or right of exercising authority.
To live exempt From Heaven's high jurisdiction. -- Milton.
You wrought to be a legate; by which power You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops. -- Shak.
Jurisdiction (n.) Sphere of authority; the limits within which any particular power may be exercised, or within which a government or a court has authority.
Note: Jurisdiction, in its most general sense, is the power to make, declare, or apply the law. When confined to the judiciary department, it is what we denominate the judicial power, the right of administering justice through the laws, by the means which the laws have provided for that purpose. Jurisdiction is limited to place or territory, to persons, or to particular subjects. -- Duponceau.
Jurisdiction (n.) (Law) The right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district" [syn: {legal power}, {jurisdiction}].
Jurisdiction (n.) In law; the territory within which power can be exercised.
Jurisdiction, () Practice. A power constitutionally conferred upon a judge or magistrate, to take cognizance of, and decide causes according to law, and to carry his sentence into execution. 6 Pet. 591; 9 John. 239. The tract of land or district within which a judge or magistrate has jurisdiction, is called his territory, and his power in relation to his territory is called his territorial jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction, () Every act of jurisdiction exercised by a judge without his territory, either by pronouncing sentence or carrying it into execution, is null. An inferior court has no jurisdiction beyond what is expressly delegated. 1 Salk. 404, n.; Gilb. C. P. 188; 1 Saund. 73; 2 Lord Raym. 1311; and see Bac. Ab. Courts, &c., C, et seq; Bac. Ab. Pleas, E 2.
Jurisdiction, () Jurisdiction is original, when it is conferred on the court in the first instance, which is called original jurisdiction; (q.v.) or it is appellate, which is when an appeal is given from the judgment of another court. Jurisdiction is also civil, where the subject-matter to be tried is not of a criminal nature; or criminal, where the court is to punish crimes. Some courts and magistrates have both civil and criminal jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is also concurrent, exclusive, or assistant. Concurrent jurisdiction is that which may be entertained by several courts. It is a rule that in cases of concurrent jurisdictions, that which is first seized of the case shall try it to the exclusion of the other. Exclusive jurisdiction is that which has alone the power to try or determine the Suit, action, or matter in dispute. assistant jurisdiction is that which is afforded by a court of chancery, in aid of a court of law; as, for example, by a bill of discovery, by the examination of witnesses de bene esse, or out of the jurisdiction of the court; by the perpetuation of the testimony of witnesses, and the like.
Jurisdiction, () It is the law which gives jurisdiction; the consent of, parties, cannot, therefore, confer it, in a matter which the law excludes. 1 N. & M. 192; 3 M'Cord, 280; 1 Call. 55; 1 J. S. Marsh. 476; 1 Bibb, 263; Cooke, 27; Minor, 65; 3 Litt. 332; 6 Litt. 303; Kirby, 111; 1 Breese, 32; 2 Yerg. 441; 1 Const. R. 478. But where the court has jurisdiction of the matter, and the defendant has some privilege which exempts him from the jurisdiction, he may wave the privilege. 5 Cranch, 288; 1 Pet. 449; 8 Wheat. 699; 4 W. C. C. R. 84; 4 M'Cord, 79; 4 Mass. 593; Wright, 484. See Hardin, 448; 2 Wash. 213.
Jurisdiction, () Courts of inferior jurisdiction must act within their jurisdiction, and so it must appear upon the record. 5 Cranch, 172 Pet. C. C. R. 36; 4 Dall. 11; 2 Mass. 213; 4 Mass. 122; 8 Mass. 86; 11 Mass. 513; Pr. Dec. 380; 2 Verm. 329; 3 Verm. 114; 10 Conn. 514; 4 John. 292; 3 Yerg. 355; Walker, 75; 9 Cowen, 227; 5 Har. & John. 36; 1 Bailey, 459; 2 Bailey, 267. But the legislature may, by a general or special law, provide otherwise. Pet. C. C. R. 36. Vide 1 Salk. 414; Bac. Ab. Courts, &c., C. D; Id. Prerogative, E 6; Merlin, Rep. h.t.; Ayl. Pat. 317, and the art. Competency. As to the force of municipal law beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the state, see Wheat. Intern. Law, part a, c. 2, Sec. 7, et seq.; Story, Confl. of Laws, c. 2; Huberus, lib. 1, t. 3; 13 Mass. R. 4 Pard. Dr. Com. part. 6, t. 7, c. 2, Sec. 1; and the articles Conflict of Laws; Courts of the United States. See generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Jurisdiction (n.) [ U ] 司法權；管轄權；審判權 The authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and judgments.
// The court has no jurisdiction in/ over cases of this kind.
// School admissions are not under/ within our jurisdiction.
Jurisdictional (a.) 司法權的，裁判權的；管轄權的；管轄區的；權限的；管轄的 Of or pertaining to jurisdiction; as jurisdictional rights.
Jurisdictive (a.) Having jurisdiction. -- Milton.
Jurisprudence (a.) The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.
Jurisprudent (a.) Understanding law; skilled in jurisprudence.
Jurisprudent (n.) One skilled in law or jurisprudence.
Jurisprudential (a.) Of or pertaining to jurisprudence.
Jurist (n.) One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and international law.
Jurist (n.) A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice. [syn: judge, magistrate, justice]. A very humane jurist once said, "The worst use you can put a man to is to hang him."
Juristic (a.) Alt. of Juristical.
Juristical (a.) Of or pertaining to a jurist, to the legal profession, or to jurisprudence.
Juror (n.) A member of a jury; a juryman.
Juror (n.) A member of any jury for awarding prizes, etc.
Jury (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.
Juries (n. pl. ) of Jury.
Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.
Jury (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.
Jurymen (n. pl. ) of Juryman.
Juryman (n.) One who is impaneled on a jury, or who serves as a juror.
Jury-rigged (a.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a.
Jus ad rem (n.) Medieval Latin, right to a thing : a personal right to possession of property that usu. arises from a contractual obligation (as a lease) (compare jus in re).
Jus ad rem (n.) Property, title. This phrase is applied to designate the right a man has in relation to a thing; it is not the right in the thing itself, but only against the person who has contracted to deliver it. It is a mere imperfect or inchoate right.
Jus in re (n.) Medieval Latin, right in a thing : a right of property ownership that is enforced by an action in rem (compare jus ad rem).
Jus in re (n.) Property, title. The right which a man has in a thing by which it belongs to him. It is a complete and full right.
Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made.
Just (a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- said both of persons and things. "O just but severe law!" -- Shak.
There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- Eccl. vii. 20.
Just balances, just weights, . . . shall ye have. -- Lev. xix. 36.
How should man be just with God? -- Job ix. 2.
We know your grace to be a man.
Just and upright. -- Shak.
Just (a.) Not transgressing the requirement of truth and propriety; conformed to the truth of things, to reason, or to a proper standard; exact; normal; reasonable; regular; due; as, a just statement; a just inference.
Just of thy word, in every thought sincere. -- Pope.
The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. -- Shak.
He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. -- Bacon.
Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. -- Jer. Taylor.
When all The war shall stand ranged in its just array. -- Addison.
Their names alone would make a just volume. -- Burton.
Just (a.) Rendering or disposed to render to each one his due; equitable; fair; impartial; as, just judge.
Men are commonly so just to virtue and goodness as to praise it in others, even when they do not practice it themselves. -- Tillotson.
Just intonation. (Mus.) (a) The correct sounding of notes or intervals; true pitch.
Just intonation. (Mus.) (b) The giving all chords and intervals in their purity or their exact mathematical ratio, or without temperament; a process in which the number of notes and intervals required in the various keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. -- H. W. Poole.
Syn: Equitable; upright; honest; true; fair; impartial; proper; exact; normal; orderly; regular.
Just (adv.) Precisely; exactly; -- in place, time, or degree; neither more nor less than is stated.
And having just enough, not covet more. -- Dryden.
The god Pan guided my hand just to the heart of the beast. -- Sir P. Sidney.
To-night, at Herne's oak, just 'twixt twelve and one. -- Shak.
Just (adv.) Closely; nearly; almost.
Just at the point of death. -- Sir W. Temple.
Just (adv.) Barely; merely; scarcely; only; by a very small space or time; as, he just missed the train; just too late.
A soft Etesian gale But just inspired and gently swelled the sail. -- Dryden.
Just now, the least possible time since; a moment ago.
Just (v. i.) To joust. -- Fairfax.
Just (n.) A joust. -- Dryden.
Just (adv.) And nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: merely, simply, just, only, but].
Just (adv.) Indicating exactness or preciseness; "he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do"; "it was just as he said--the jewel was gone"; "it has just enough salt" [syn: precisely, exactly, just].
Just (adv.) Only a moment ago; "he has just arrived"; "the sun just now came out" [syn: just, just now].
Just (adv.) Absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: just, simply].
Just (adv.) Only a very short time before; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats [syn: barely, hardly, just, scarcely, scarce].
Just (adv.) Exactly at this moment or the moment described; "we've just finished painting the walls, so don't touch them".
Just (a.) Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting; "a just and lasting peace"- A.Lincoln; "a kind and just man"; "a just reward"; "his just inheritance" [ant: unjust].
Just (a.) Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" [syn: equitable, just] [ant: inequitable, unjust].
Just (a.) Free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul" [syn: fair, just] [ant: unfair, unjust].
Just (a.) Of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good, just, upright].
Justice (a.) 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.
Justice (a.) 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.
Justice (a.) 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.
Justice (a.) Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
Justice (a.) A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
Justice (v. t.) To administer justice to.
Justiceable (a.) Liable to trial in a court of justice.
Justicehood (n.) Justiceship.
Justicement (n.) Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice.
Justicer (n.) One who administers justice; a judge.
Justiceship (n.) The office or dignity of a justice.
Justiciable (a.) Proper to be examined in a court of justice.
Justiciar (n.) Same as Justiciary.
Justiciary (n.) An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.
Justico (n.) Alt. of Justicoat.
Justicoat (n.) Formerly, a close coat or waistcoat with sleeves.
Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified, or shown to be just.
Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men. -- Milton.
Syn: Defensible; vindicable; warrantable; excusable; exculpable; authorizable. -- Jus"ti*fi`a*ble*ness, n. -- Jus"ti*fi`a*bly, adv.
Justifiable (a.) Capable of being justified.
Justification (n.) [U] 證明為正當；辯護；辯解；正當的理由；藉口 The act of justifying or the state of being justified; a showing or proving to be just or conformable to law, justice, right, or duty; defense; vindication; support; as, arguments in justification of the prisoner's conduct; his disobedience admits justification.
I hope, for my brother's justification, he wrote this but as an essay or taste of my virtue. -- Shak.
Justification (n.) (Law) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Justification (n.) (Theol.) The act of justifying, or the state of being justified, in respect to God's requirements.
Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. -- Rom. iv. 25.
In such righteousness To them by faith imputed, they may find Justification toward God, and peace Of conscience. -- Milton.
Justification (n.) (Print.) Adjustment of type (in printing), or of the final spacing of printed text, by spacing it so as to make it exactly fill a line, or line up at one edge of the allotted portion of the printed page; adjustment of a cut so as to hold it in the right place; also, the leads, quads, etc., used for making such adjustment; as, left justification is the most common format for simple letters, but left and right justification is typically used in books.
Justification (n.) Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary; "he considered misrule a justification for revolution".
Justification (n.) A statement in explanation of some action or belief.
Justification (n.) The act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning; "the justification of barbarous means by holy ends"- H.J.Muller
Justification (n.) A forensic term, opposed to condemnation. As regards its nature, it is the judicial act of God, by which he pardons all the sins of those who believe in Christ, and accounts, accepts, and treats them as righteous in the eye of the law, i.e., as conformed to all its demands. In addition to the pardon (q.v.) of sin, justification declares that all the claims of the law are satisfied in respect of the justified. It is the act of a judge and not of a sovereign. The law is not relaxed or set aside, but is declared to be fulfilled in the strictest sense; and so the person justified is declared to be entitled to all the advantages and rewards arising from perfect obedience to the law (Rom. 5:1-10).
It proceeds on the imputing or crediting to the believer by God himself of the perfect righteousness, active and passive, of his Representative and Surety, Jesus Christ (Rom. 10:3-9). Justification is not the forgiveness of a man without righteousness, but a declaration that he possesses a righteousness which perfectly and for ever satisfies the law, namely, Christ's righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21; Rom. 4:6-8).
The sole condition on which this righteousness is imputed or credited to the believer is faith in or on the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith is called a "condition," not because it possesses any merit, but only because it is the instrument, the only instrument by which the soul appropriates or apprehends Christ and his righteousness (Rom. 1:17; 3:25, 26; 4:20, 22; Phil. 3:8-11; Gal. 2:16).
The act of faith which thus secures our justification secures also at the same time our sanctification (q.v.); and thus the doctrine of justification by faith does not lead to licentiousness (Rom. 6:2-7). Good works, while not the ground, are the certain consequence of justification (6:14; 7:6). (See GALATIANS, EPISTLE {TO}.)
Justificative (a.) Having power to justify; justificatory.
Justificative (a.) Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing [syn: defensive, justificative, justificatory].
Justificative (a.) Providing justification [syn: justificative, justificatory, vindicatory].
Justificator (n.) One who justifies or vindicates; a justifier. -- Johnson.
Justificatory (a.) Vindicatory; defensory; justificative.
Justificatory (a.) Attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing [syn: defensive, justificative, justificatory].
Justificatory (a.) Providing justification [syn: justificative, justificatory, vindicatory].
Justifier (n.) One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves.
Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. -- Strype.
That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. -- Rom. iii. 26.
Justifier (n.) A person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; "an apologist for capital punishment" [syn: apologist, vindicator, justifier].
Justified (imp. & p. p.) of Justify.
Justifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Justify.
Justify (v. t.) To prove or show to be just; to vindicate; to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice, propriety, or duty.
That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal providence, And justify the ways of God to men. -- Milton.
Unless the oppression is so extreme as to justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of breaking up a government. -- E. Everett.
Justify (v. t.) To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper, etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
I can not justify whom the law condemns. -- Shak.
Justify (v. t.) (Theol.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. -- Acts xiii. 39.
Justify (v. t.) To prove; to ratify; to confirm. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Justify (v. t.) (Print.) To make even or true, as lines of type, by proper spacing; to align (text) at the left (left justify) or right (right justify) margins of a column or page, or at both margins; to adjust, as type. See Justification, 4.
Justify (v. t.) (Law) (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.
Justify (v. t.) (Law) (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.
The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. -- Bouvier's Law Dict.
Syn: To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate; absolve; exonerate.
Justify (v. i.) (Print.) To form an even surface or true line with something else; to fit exactly.
Justify (v. i.) (Law) To take oath to the ownership of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or surety.
Justify (v.) Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means" [syn: justify, warrant].
Justify (v.) Show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim" [syn: justify, vindicate].
Justify (v.) Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" [syn: apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise].
Justify (v.) Let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility" [syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault].
Justify (v.) Adjust the spaces between words; "justify the margins".
Justify (v.) [ T ] (B2) 為…辯護；證明…正當（或有理、正確）；是…的正當理由 To give or to be a good reason for.
// [ + -ing verb ] I can't really justify taking another day off work.
// Are you sure that these measures are justified?
Justify yourself (B2) 為自己的行為作解釋 If you justify yourself, you give a good reason for what you have done.
// It was the only thing that I could do - I don't have to justify myself to anyone.
Justinian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Institutes or laws of the Roman Justinian.
Justle (v. i.) To run or strike against each other; to encounter; to clash; to jostle. -- Shak.
The chariots shall rage in the streets; they shall justle one against another in the broad ways. -- Nahum ii. 4.