| 释义 |
† ˈjustry Sc. Obs.
[f. just a. + -ry: the formation from an adj. is unusual.]
a. Justice.
b. Jurisdiction (of a sheriff, etc.).
c. The circuit court of an itinerant judge, a justice eyre.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. vii. ix. 249 This Alysandyr..Wes throwcht the kynryk traveland, Haldand Courtis and Justrys. c1470Henry Wallace vi. 103 The Makar above [MS. abow], Quilk has in hand off justry the ballance. 1503Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) 241 The part of Coule that is not within the bondis of my Erle of Ergilis Justry. |
