justiciary

noun
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1

A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.

2

The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.

3

A judge or justice.

4

A magistrate.

5

A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.

6

A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.

7

Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.

8

A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.