justiciar noun. [dʒʌ'stɪʃǝ] L15.
[medieval Latin justitiarius: see JUSTICIARY noun¹, -AR².]
1. Hist.
a. = JUSTICE noun 8a. L15.
b. Either of two supreme judges under early Scottish kings. E17.

2. Hist. More fully Chief Justiciar. The regent and deputy of the Norman and early Plantagenet kings, who presided over the king's court; = JUSTICIARY noun¹ 3. L16.

3. gen. An administrator of justice; a person who maintains or carries out justice. arch. E17.

4. Chiefly Hist. Any of various Continental officials or functionaries. M19.

■ justiciarship noun the office of justiciar L17.

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