Meaning of "justice"

justice •

n.
• • 1. fairness: katarungan
  • 2. rightness: katwiran, katumpakan
  • 3. trial by process of law: paglilitis
  • 4. a judge: mahistrado, hukom, huwes
  • 5. a justice of the peace: hukom tagapamayapa
  • 6. just conduct, fair dealing: kawastuan, pantay na (parehong) pakikitungo

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trust

n.
• • 1. faith, firm belief in someones honesty, truth, justice, or power: tiwala, pagtitiwala, pananalig
  • 2. business credit: utang, pautang
  • 3. person or thing believed in: pag-asa

v.
• • 1. to believe firmly in the honesty, justice, or power of another: magtiwala, pagtiwalaan, manalig, panaligan
  • 2. to give business credit to: magpautang, pautangin
  • 3. to rely on, depend on: umasa, asahan
  • 4. to hope: umasa, asahan
  • 5. to commit to the care of: maghabilin, ihabilin, magkatiwala, ipagkatiwala

right

adj.
• • 1. good, just, lawful: matwid, tama, wasto, tumpak
  • 2. correct, true: tama, totoo, tumpak, wasto
  • 3. fitting, suitable, proper: dapat, nararapat, karapat-dapat, tama, wasto, angkop, naaangkop, tumpak, bagay, nababagay
  • 4. going right: pakanan, kanan, pamano, mano

n.
• • 1. that which is right, just, good, true: katwiran, katumpakan, mabuti, matwid
  • 2. a just claim, something that is due to a person: karapatan
  • 3. justice: katarungan
  • 4. the right-hand side: kanan adv. 1. in a way that is good, just, or lawful: tama, wasto, tumpak
  • 2. to the right hand: pakanan

v.
• • 1. to make correct, to set right: magwasto, iwasto, magtumpak, itumpak
  • 2. a right of way is the right to pass over anothers land: karapatang dumaan

exact

v.
• • 1. to demand the payment of: sumingil, singilin
  • 2. to demand justice, punishment, etc.: maglapat, ilapat, lapatan

adj.
• • without any error, correct, accurate: tama, wasto, husto, eksakto [var. sakto], tumpak

court

n.
• • 1. place where justice is administered, tribunal: hukuman, husgado
  • 2. Court of First Instance: Hukumang Unang Dulugan
  • 3. Supreme Court: Kataas-taasang Hukuman, Korte Suprema
  • 4. a sovereign and his retinue: korte
  • 5. space partly or wholly enclosed by walls or buildings: patyo
  • 6. a place marked off for a game: laruan, palaruan

v.
• • 1. to seek the favor of, to try to please: manuyo, sumuyo suyuin
  • 2. to court, to woo: manligaw, lumigaw, ligawan

katarungan

n.
• • justice, equity (from tarong)

husgado

Sp n.
• • court of justice [syn. hukuman]