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justice Name Meaning and History

English: nickname for a fair-minded man, from Middle English, Old French justice ‘justice’, ‘equity’, Latin iustitia, a derivative of iustus (see Just). It may also have been an occupational name for a judge, since this metonymic use of the word is attested from as early as the 12th century.

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justice Family Facts

Distribution of justice Families in the US in 1920
Number of justice families
 187-372
 63-186
 1-62
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