justicing, vbl. n.
(ˈdʒʌstɪsɪŋ)
[f. justice v. + -ing1.]
The administration of justice. Chiefly attrib., esp. in justicing-room, e.g. in the house of a justice of the peace.
| 1606 B. Barnes 4 Bks. Offices 145 That kinde of iustecying which is said to be common amongst the Turkes. 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xx. (1623) 965 In this progresse, or rather itinirary Iusticing. 1820 Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) II. 97 He is not the author of the book on justicing. 1866 Reade Griffith Gaunt (1887) 39 Justicing-day brought him many visits. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy I. 19 Prayers are held in the justicing room. |