justiciary vs sovereign

justiciary

noun
  • A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. 

  • The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc. 

  • A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office. 

  • Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe. 

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

  • A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. 

  • A magistrate. 

  • A judge or justice. 

adj
  • Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships. 

  • Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary. 

  • Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary. 

sovereign

noun
  • A monarch; the ruler of a country. 

  • A large, garish ring; a sovereign ring. 

  • A very large champagne bottle with the capacity of about 25 liters, equivalent to 33+¹⁄₃ standard bottles. 

  • One who is not a subject to a ruler or nation. 

  • A gold coin of the United Kingdom, with a nominal value of one pound sterling but in practice used as a bullion coin. 

  • A former Australian gold coin, minted from 1855–1931, of one pound value. 

  • Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalini, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy. 

adj
  • Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. 

  • Exceptional in quality. 

  • Princely; royal. 

  • Having supreme, ultimate power. 

  • Exercising power of rule. 

verb
  • To rule over as a sovereign. 

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