Definitions of justiciary

1. An old name for the judges of the higher English courts.

2. Administrator of justice; body of judges.

3. An administrator of justice. High Court of Justiciary, in Scotland, a court of supreme jurisdiction in all criminal cases.

4. In Scot., an administration of justice; a chief justice.

5. Pertaining to law or the work of the courts. Also, justiclar.

6. Pertaining to law or the administration of justice.