pursuit of justice
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpursuitandjustice
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pursuit
noun
uk/pəˈsjuːt/us/pɚˈsuːt/
an activity that you spend time doing, usually when you are ...
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justice
noun
uk/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/us/ˈdʒʌs.tɪs/
fairness in the way people are ...
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(Definition ofpursuitandjusticefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The reason for integrity, on this understanding, is that integrity, valued for the sake of gradualism, aids in thepursuitofjustice.
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We are, though, quite directly invoking this notion of thepursuitofjustice.
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They are not concerned with thepursuitofjusticeor the vindication of the innocent except insofar as this is a by-product of their professionalism.
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In thepursuitofjustice, however, it is just as important to pursue wisdom, fairness and common sense.
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Why should he lose two days' pay inpursuitofjusticeand get nothing for it?
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It is undesirable to extend the powers more than is strictly necessary for thepursuitofjustice, law and order in this country.
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In that context thepursuitofjusticerequires good laws to be enacted against which guilt or innocence can be judged.
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It cannot help thepursuitofjusticeif the police are not seen to be above suspicion.
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It was particularly appropriate that a police officer was also present to secure the properpursuitofjustice.
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I do not regard thepursuitofjusticeas vacillation.
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The object is to obtain the best possible evidence for the court and the provision is there in thepursuitofjustice.
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Thepursuitofjusticecannot be made cost-effective.
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Like doctors, barristers pursue an ideal: thepursuitofjustice.
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We need to ask why after 20 years thepursuitofjusticehas been so difficult for the survivors.
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My noble friend may say he has devoted the whole of his life to thepursuitofjustice.
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We can see that over the past half century our world community has not thrived in thepursuitofjustice.
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The police investigate according to budget constraints, not thepursuitofjustice.
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We should honour those families for their fortitude in loss and their tenacity in never giving up thepursuitofjustice.
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It provides an independent cadre that is dedicated to thepursuitofjustice, rather than profit or success in courts.
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Although it might be tempting to do so, this would seem to me inconsistent with the desirability of preserving complete impartiality in thepursuitofjustice.
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