Justice

justice
— n
1.	the quality or fact of being just
2.	ethics
	a.the principle of fairness that like cases should be treated alike
	b.a particular distribution of benefits and burdens fairly in accordance with a particular conception of what are to count as like cases
	c.the principle that punishment should be proportionate to the offence
3.	the administration of law according to prescribed and accepted principles
4.	conformity to the law; legal validity
5.	a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature
6.	short for justice of the peace
7.	good reason (esp in the phrase with justice ): he was disgusted by their behaviour, and with justice
8.	do justice to
	a.to show to full advantage: the picture did justice to her beauty
	b.to show full appreciation of by action: he did justice to the meal
	c.to treat or judge fairly
9.	do oneself justice to make full use of one's abilities
10.	bring to justice to capture, try, and usually punish (a criminal, an outlaw, etc)

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"The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom." (Aristotle)

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Justice

That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we black are wise:
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes.

Langston Hughes