Justiciar is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for JUSTICIAR in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (historical) an administrator of justice; a supreme judge, also JUSTICER, JUSTICIARY
• an administrator of justice.
• a regent and deputy presiding over the court of a Norman or early Plantagenet king of England.
• either of two supreme judges in medieval Scotland.
• Same as Justiciary.
• formerly a high judicial officer
• chief political and legal officer from the time of William I to that of Henry III, who deputized for the king in his absence and presided over the kings' courts
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the chief political and judicial officer of the Norman and later kings of England until the 13th century
• chief political and legal officer from the time of William I to that of Henry III, who deputized for the king in his absence and presided over the kings\' courts

Words related to JUSTICIAR

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Words that contain JUSTICIAR

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How to use JUSTICIAR in a sentence

• He had not yet come to any positive decision as to how he should play the part of a justiciar, which seemed so heavy to his shoulders.
• Chancellor and justiciar and constable rivalled one another in taunts and sharp phrases.
• He asserted that they were the sole deed of the justiciar De Lucy, and of Jocelyn de Bailleul, a French lawyer.
• Richard de Lucy remained in charge of the whole kingdom as justiciar.
• In these circumstances it was natural for Bishop Peter and the legate to join together against the justiciar and the archbishop.
• Towards the end of the year Randolph joined with William of Albemarle, the Bishop of Winchester and Falkes de Breaute, in an attempt to overthrow the justiciar.
• They wished, they said, no ill to king or kingdom, but simply desired to remove the justiciar from his counsels.
• In effect, though William de Breaute and his followers showed a gallant spirit, it resisted the justiciar for barely two months.
• Henry gave himself over completely to the justiciar, whom he rewarded for his faithful service by making him Earl of Kent.
• The new Earl of Kent continued to hold office as justiciar for five years, and his ascendency is even more marked in the years 1227 to 1232 than it had been between 1224 and 1227.
• At last king and justiciar were glad to agree to demolish the new castle on receiving from Llewelyn the expenses involved in the task.
• Despite their differences as to the execution of the charters, his removal lost the justiciar a much-needed friend.
• All classes alike grew disgusted with the justiciar.
• The contest between them had been fought with such chivalry that the last public act of the old earl was to protect the fallen justiciar from the violence of his foes.
• On the downfall of Hubert, Segrave became justiciar.
• They bore him, more dead than alive, to his own castle of Kilkenny, which had just been seized by the justiciar.
• The committee insisted that a justiciar, a chancellor, and a treasurer should forthwith be appointed.
• The barons insisted on the revival of the office of justiciar, and a strenuous and capable chief minister was found in Hugh Bigod.
• Headed by the new justiciar, Hugh Bigod, they besieged Wolvesey.
• With him were slain his son Henry, his faithful comrade Peter Montfort, the baronial justiciar Hugh Despenser, and many other men of mark.
• In his absence Cressingham, the treasurer, and Ormesby, the justiciar, became the real representatives of the English power.
• He made his way southwards, and in September won a victory over the forces of the Earl of Ulster and the justiciar at Dundalk, then in the south of Ulster.
• Despenser, Hugh, the elder, Earl of Winchester, son of the justiciar.
• Margaret, the eldest daughter of William the Lion, became the wife of the Justiciar of England, Hubert de Burgh.
• A Justiciar was an official who exercised the power of government in a judicial manner.
• No sooner said than done, and many houses had already suffered before the justiciar appeared upon the scene with a large force.
• The Tower of London was transferred to the custody of the barons, and they were for the future to appoint the justiciar.
• Hugh Bigod, whom they had appointed justiciar gave offence by the way he exercised his office.
• The next day, being brought before the king’s justiciar, he informed against his companions.
• The case goes against her in the Court of Husting, and is heard on appeal before the king’s justiciar sitting at St.
• From 1228 to 1232 he held the high office of justiciar of Ireland.
• In 1231 Henry lent an ear to those who asserted that the justiciar had secretly encouraged armed attacks upon the aliens to whom the pope had given English benefices.
• The blow fell suddenly, a few weeks after his appointment as justiciar of Ireland.

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