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Justiciar

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jus·ti·ci·ar·y  (j-stsh-r) also jus·ti·ci·ar (--r)
n. pl. jus·ti·ci·ar·ies also jus·ti·ci·ars
A high judicial officer in medieval England.
[Medieval Latin istitiria, from feminine of istitirius, of the administration of justice, from Latin istitia, justice; see justice.]
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Noun1.justiciar - formerly a high judicial officer
justiciary
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


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You mind last year when he came down to Malwood, with his inner marshal and his outer marshal, his justiciar, his seneschal, and his four and twenty guardsmen.
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