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- U+2696 ⚖ SCALES
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- Iustitia
- medical condition
- blindness
- worshipped by
- Roman mythology
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- different from
- justice
- domain of saint or deity
- justice
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Encyclopedic overview
Statue of Lady Justice blindfolded and holding a balance and a sword, outside the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong
Lady Justice (Latin: Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lady Justice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.