(idiomatic) To cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.

(history) A lit de justice, in French history.

plural of bed of justice

(history) A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.

plural of lit de justice

(Philippines) a thin fabric woven from the fibers of the Manila plantain (abaca), Musa textilis, and pineapple leaves, to which filaments of imported silk are sometimes added and sometimes a little cotton. It is woven principally in Iloilo and western Luzon: used for women's dresses and, to some extent, for men's shirts.

plural of mot juste

Alternative form of shoot me

(UK) A most appropriate or suitable action or object in a given situation.

If a wrong is not redressed within a reasonable time, it is as though the wrong were not redressed at all.