Jus"ti*fy, v. t. (Law)
(a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient
legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or
accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as
a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient
property.
The production of bail in court, who there
justify themselves against the exception of the
plaintiff.
Bouvier's Law Dict.
K.
Jus"ti*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Justified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Justifying (?).] [F. justifier, L. justificare;
justus just + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See
Just, a., and -fy.]
1. To prove or show to be just; to vindicate;
to maintain or defend as conformable to law, right, justice,
propriety, or duty.
That to the height of this great argument
I may assert eternal providence,
And justify the ways of God to men.
Milton.
Unless the oppression is so extreme as to
justify revolution, it would not justify the evil of
breaking up a government.
E. Everett.
2. To pronounce free from guilt or blame; to
declare or prove to have done that which is just, right, proper,
etc.; to absolve; to exonerate; to clear.
I can not justify whom the law
condemns.
Shak.
3. (Theol.) To treat as if righteous
and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
By him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses.
Acts xiii. 39.
4. To prove; to ratify; to confirm.
[Obs.] Shak.
5. (Print.) To make even or true, as
lines of type, by proper spacing; to adjust, as type. See
Justification, 4.
Syn. -- To defend; maintain; vindicate; excuse; exculpate;
absolve; exonerate.
Jus"ti*fy, v. i. 1.
(Print.) To form an even surface or true line with
something else; to fit exactly.
2. (Law) To take oath to the ownership
of property sufficient to qualify one's self as bail or
surety.
Jus"ti*fy, v. t. (Law)
(a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient
legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or
accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as
a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient
property.
The production of bail in court, who there
justify themselves against the exception of the
plaintiff.
Bouvier's Law Dict.
K.
