Lady Justice
English
editProper noun
edit- In a mythological personification, justice symbolized as a blindfolded young lady, similar to Lady Luck.
- A female judge, as in "Her Lady Justice."
Quotations
edit- 1888, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Scribner's magazine, page 35:
- ... Before our Lady Justice calm he stands
To hear her grave, immutable commands ;
... She holds the balance true, with steady hands
And strong, the little while wavereth.
Translations
editfemale personification of justice
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