Justice

(jūs'tis.) [L. justicia.] One of the cardinal Κ. the eleventh letter and eighth consonant of the K, و English alphabet, has become in a great measure substituted for the modern English cin words of Sax on derivation. Though commonly termed a guttural, it is more properly a palatal, being formed by thrusting the root of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, with a depre ion of the lower jaw and opening of the teeth. It has the hard sound of c before e and i, where, according to Anglican analogy, c would be soft, as in virtues of the ancients, and the name for a principal department of social and moral duty in all ages. Practically, J. is considered to be clear and definite; but theoretically, there have been great disputes as to its ultimate analysis and the source of its binding quality. Distributive J. belongs to magistrates or rulers; and consists in dispensing to every man that which the laws and the principles of equity require. Commutative J. consists in fair dealing in trade, and other mutual intercourse between man and man. [s. 511]