The difference between Judge and Justiciar

When used as nouns, judge means a public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments, whereas justiciar means a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval england or scotland.

Judge is also verb with the meaning: to sit in judgment on.

check bellow for the other definitions of Judge and Justiciar

  1. Judge as a noun:

    A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

  2. Judge as a noun:

    A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.

  3. Judge as a noun:

    A person officiating at a sports event or similar.

    Examples:

    "At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final."

  4. Judge as a noun:

    A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.

    Examples:

    "She is a good judge of wine."

    "They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made."

  1. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.

    Examples:

    "A higher power will judge you after you are dead."

  2. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To sit in judgment, to act as judge.

    Examples:

    "Justices in this country judge without appeal."

  3. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To form an opinion on.

    Examples:

    "I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit."

  4. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.

    Examples:

    "We cannot both be right: you must judge between us."

  5. Judge as a verb (transitive):

    To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.

    Examples:

    "I judge it safe to leave the house once again."

  6. Judge as a verb (intransitive):

    To form an opinion; to infer.

    Examples:

    "I judge from the sky that it might rain later."

  7. Judge as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To criticize or label another person or thing.

  1. Justiciar as a noun (historical):

    One who administers justice, particularly: A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. A justice: a high-ranking judge. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.

  2. Justiciar as a noun (Christian, theology, rare):

    A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

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