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Definition of Justiciar
1. Noun. Formerly a high judicial officer.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Generic synonyms: Judge, Jurist, Justice
Definition of Justiciar
1. n. Same as Justiciary.
Definition of Justiciar
1. Noun. (obsolete) A high judicial officer in medieval England ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Justiciar
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Justiciar
Literary usage of Justiciar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"He also quarrelled with the Earl of Ulster, I but in March 1329 the justiciar,
Roger Out- i law, effected their reconciliation. In 1329 Maurice was created ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"FLAMBARD Chief justiciar, 15. First Sittings in Westminster Hall, 15. ...
Glanville made Chief justiciar, 23. Glanville as a Law Writer, 25. ..."
3. Norman Institutions by Charles Homer Haskins (1918)
"(The justiciar and the ... and other justices in a way which suggests at first
sight the chief justiciar in contrast to his colleagues, but more probably ..."
4. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"On these great officers, as their functions were gradually defined, the title of
justiciar or Chief justiciar definitely settled. ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Norm. Conq., vol. vp 483. Hist, of England, vol. ii. p. 99. last great justiciar."
— Stubbs, Const. ..."
6. Political Dictionary: Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both by Charles Knight (1846)
"520.1 justiciar OF SCOTLAND. The earliest individual in this high office which
extant ... Sir Hugh de Eglinton, justiciar of Lothian in'the middle of the ..."
7. The Dawn of the Constitution: Or, The Reigns of Henry III and Edward I (A. D by James Henry Ramsay (1908)
"The all-important office of Chief justiciar had been vacant since the retirement
of Stephen Segrave in April, 1234. The choice of the Council fell on Hugh ..."
8. A Short Constitutional History of England by Henry St. Clair Feilden (1895)
"STATE OFFICIALS. state The justiciar, ... under William Rufus, and the justiciar
became, (next to the King), supreme in matters of justice and finance. ..."
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