The difference between Justice and Justiciary
When used as nouns, justice means the state or characteristic of being just or fair, whereas justiciary means a judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Justiciary is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to justification or redemption before god.
check bellow for the other definitions of Justice and Justiciary
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Justice as a noun:
The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
Examples:
"the justice of a description"
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Justice as a noun:
The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
Examples:
"'Justice was served."
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Justice as a noun:
Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
Examples:
"to demand justice'"
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Justice as a noun:
The civil power dealing with law.
Examples:
"Ministry of Justice'"
"the justice system"
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Justice as a noun:
A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.
Examples:
"Mr. Justice Krever presides over the appellate court"
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Justice as a noun:
Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.
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Justiciary as a noun (Scotland, countable, chiefly, _, historical):
A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
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Justiciary as a noun (Originally, _, Scotland, uncountable):
The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
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Justiciary as a noun (historical):
One who administers justice, particularly: A judge or justice. A magistrate. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
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Justiciary as a noun (Christian, theology):
A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):
Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):
Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.