Justitia
[juh-stish-ee-uh]
- the ancient Roman personification of justice.
justitia omnibus
[yoo-stit-ee-ah ohm-ni-boo s; English juh-stish-ee-uh om-nuh-buh s]
- justice to all: motto of the District of Columbia.
fiat justitia, ruat caelum
[fee-aht yoo s-tee-tee-ah roo-aht kahy-loo m; English fee-aht juhs-tish-ee-uh roo-at see-luh m, fahy-uh t]
- let there be justice though the heavens fall.
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Justitia is a broad word, and refers not solely to the rights of the slave, but to those of the freeman.
Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2)A Sexton of the Old School
Justitia Fundamentum Regnorum (Justice is the foundation of states).
The Future Belongs to the PeopleKarl Liebknecht
Christus est ei ratio, consilium, justitia, innocentia et tota salus.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Fiat justitia, ruat clum—Let justice be done, though the heavens should fall in.
Justitia est obtemperatio scriptis legibus—Justice is conformity to the written laws.