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justiciar::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | justiciary |
| Type of | judge, jurist, justice |
Examples of justiciar
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The king never did choose a second viceroy or chief justiciar.
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In the 13th century the office of justiciar was instituted in several principal localities around Sicily.
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Buchan was stripped of his position of justiciar which would soon be given to Fife's son, Murdoch Stewart.
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Walter also served as justiciar for Richard until 1198.
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Because of Richard's absence from England, Walter was able to exercise more authority as justiciar than any of his predecessors.
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However, difficulties arose over the assessments, so the justiciar ordered them to be made by a sworn jury in every hundred.
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Henry I about 1131 gave the London citizens the right to choose their own sheriffs and a justiciar answerable for keeping the pleas of the crown.
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England was Richard's most secure possessions, Hubert Walter who had been to the crusade with the King of England was appointed his justiciar.
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Fife relieved Buchan of his offices of lieutenant of the north and justiciar north of the Forth-the latter role was given to Fife's son, Murdoch Stewart.
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- Formerly a high judicial officer
- In medieval England and Ireland the Chief Justiciar (later known simply as the Justiciar) was roughly equivalent to a modern Prime Minister as the monarch's chief minister. Similar positions existed on the Continent, particularly in Norman Italy. ...
- A lawspeaker or lawman (Swedish: lagman, Old Swedish: laghmau00FEer or laghman, Danish: lagmand, Norwegian: lagmann, Icelandic: lu00F6g(su00F6gu)mau00F0ur, Faroese: lu00F8gmau00F0ur, Finnish: laamanni) is a unique Scandinavian legal office. It has its basis in a common Germanic oral tradition, where wise men were asked to recite the law, but it was only in Scandinavia that the function evolved into an office...
- (Justiciars) Law enforcement officers for the Judiciary. They have cultivated a terrifying and unwavering reputation, and are never seen without helmets.
- A powerful royal official charged with overseeing judicial and financial aspects of government. The justiciar may sometimes wield tremendous power, especially if the king is absent from the country.
- The head of the royal judicial system and the king's viceroy or regent when absent from the country.
- An officer of the King's court, a person who operated their own court of law, or a judge in shire courts.
