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Definition of Justice department
1. Noun. The United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870.
Category relationships: Legislation, Statute Law, Jurisprudence, Law
Generic synonyms: Executive Department
Terms within: Bja, Bureau Of Justice Assistance, Bjs, Bureau Of Justice Statistics, Fbi, Federal Bureau Of Investigation, Dea, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, Bop, Federal Bureau Of Prisons, National Institute Of Justice, Nij, Marshals, United States Marshals Service, Us Marshals Service
Lexicographical Neighbors of Justice Department
Literary usage of Justice department
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"Both the justice department and the Federal Trade Commission enforce Federal ...
Also, if the justice department establishes that an antitrust violation has ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1884)
"It may be said they do not go unpunished—that is to say, that whenever it is
brought to the notice of the justice department that such offences have been ..."
3. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"The later versions of the chronologies, and the discussions of draft Congressional
testimony, led some justice department officials to realize that they did ..."
4. Preventing Gang & Drug Related Witness Intimidation by Peter Finn (1996)
"The following people may be contacted for information about both program evaluation
and gangs: G. David Curry Criminology and Criminal justice department ..."
5. A Handbook of United States Public Documents by Elfrida Everhart (1910)
"justice department. Although the office of Attorney-General was established in
1789, it was not until 1870 that the justice department was created. ..."
6. Human Radiation Experiments: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"But we are concerned that the justice department is overstepping its bounds. ...
We were told the justice department had concerns about that meeting because ..."