justiciary

(Scotland, countable, chiefly historical) A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.

(originally Scotland, uncountable) The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.

(historical) A judge or justice.

(historical) A magistrate.

(historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.

(historical) A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.

(historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.

(Christian, theology) A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.