justice delayed is justice denied
/ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈleɪd ɪz ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈnaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English
54
Scrabble Score
29
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "It is an old maxim that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ and another might be added, perhaps equally true, that justice bought is valueless."
- "If, as an eminent jurist once said, justice delayed is often justice denied, it must be an object worthy of all effort to procure local courts, where speedy justice can be obtained;[…]"
- "But above all, if we be just men, we shall go forward in the name of truth and right, and bear this in mind, that when the case is ripe and the hour has come, justice delayed is justice denied."
- "In British courts, lawsuits, civil and criminal, come to trial within six months. In the U.S., which professes as much respect as Britain for the principle that "justice delayed is justice denied," it takes more than four years."
- "Cases may be delayed, and justice delayed may be justice denied. Sometimes the parties may die before they get justice, but theoretically all the cases are considered at one time or another anyway."
- ""Dr. Martin Luther King said justice delayed is justice denied," says Joe Roy, director of the Intelligence Project for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. "As a society, we need to bring closure to these cases, but it depends on the evidence and witnesses still living. In the Cherry case, they were able to get witnesses to come forward.""
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈleɪd ɪz ˌdʒʌstɪs dəˈnaɪd/
- British English: /ˌdʒʌstɪs dɪˈleɪd ɪz ˌdʒʌstɪs dɪˈnaɪd/
Phrases
the mills of the gods grind slowly
though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
no justice, no peace
Frequently Paired Words
the mills of the gods grind slowly
though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small
no justice, no peace