adj.; summum jus [Lat.].
justice, equity; equitableness &c adj.; propriety; fair play,
impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis [Lat.].
Astraea†, Nemesis, Themis.
scales of justice, evenhanded justice, karma; suum cuique [Lat.];
clear stage, fair field and no favor, level playing field.
morals &c (duty) 926; law &c 963; honor &c (probity) 939; virtue
&c 944.
V. be right &c adj.; stand to reason.
see justice done, see one righted, see fair play; do justice to;
recompense &c (reward) 973; bold the scales even, give and take; serve
one right, put the saddle on the right horse; give every one his due,
give the devil his due; audire alteram partem [Lat.].
deserve &c (be entitled to) 924.
Adj. right, good; just, reasonable; fit &c 924; equal, equable,
equatable†; evenhanded, fair.
legitimate, justifiable, rightful; as it should be, as it ought to
be; lawful &c (permitted) 760, (legal) 963.
deserved &c 924.
Adv. rightly &c adj.; à bon droit [Fr.], au bon droit [Fr.], in
justice, in equity, in reason.
without distinction of persons, without regard to persons, without
respect to persons; upon even terms.
Int. all right!, fair's fair.
Phr. Dieu et mon droit [Fr.]; in equal scale weighing delight and dole
[Hamlet]; justitia cuum cuique distribuit [Lat.] [Cicero]; justitiae
soror incorrupta fides [Lat.]; justitia virtutem regina [Lat.]; thrice
is he armed that hath his quarrel just [Henry VI].