Justiciar

In the medieval England and Scotland, a justiciar was an important legal and political figure. The Latin justiciarius means simply judge.

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In the history of England, the term justiciar originally referred to any officer of the king's court (curia regis), or, indeed, anyone who possessed a law court of their own or was qualified to act as a judge the shire-courts.

England: :For an explanation of often confusing terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology)....

Scotland: :For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology)....

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...