obstruct justice

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• obstruct justice — obˌstruct ˈjustice idiom (NAmE) (BrE perˌvert the course of ˈjustice) (law) to tell a lie or to do sth in order to prevent the police, etc. from finding out the truth about a crime Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• obstruct — I verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap,… …   Law dictionary

• justice — n. rules of law administration of law 1) to administer, dispense, mete out, render justice 2) to obstruct justice 3) to pervert justice 4) divine; frontier (US); poetic; summary justice 5) justice prevails 6) a miscarriage; travesty of justice 7) …   Combinatory dictionary

• justice — noun 1 fairness ADJECTIVE ▪ distributive, economic, environmental, natural, racial (esp. AmE), social ▪ rough ▪ He saw it as rough …   Collocations dictionary

• justice — jus|tice [ dʒʌstıs ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the fact that something is reasonable and fair: He appealed to their sense of justice. Campaigners are convinced of the justice of their cause. a ) treatment of people that is fair and morally right: the …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• obstruct — To hinder or prevent from progress, check, stop, also to retard the progress of, make accomplishment of difficult and slow. Conley v. United States, C.C.A.Minn., 59 F.2d 929, 936. To be or come in the way of or to cut off the sight of an object.… …   Black's law dictionary

• justice —   Kaulike.    ♦ Chief justice, luna kānāwai ki eki e ā kaulike.    ♦ Police justice, luna kānāwai ho omalu.    ♦ Associate justice, luna kānāwai kōkua.    ♦ Obstruct the course of justice, ho okāpae i ka ho oponopono ana o ke kānāwai …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• obstruct — verb ADVERB ▪ partially ▪ completely ▪ deliberately (esp. BrE), wilfully (BrE, law) ▪ wilfully obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty …   Collocations dictionary

• Obstruction of justice — Criminal law Part o …   Wikipedia

• Criminal Justice Act 2003 — The Criminal Justice Act 2003[1] (c.44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a wide ranging measure introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, in Scotland… …   Wikipedia

• obstructing justice — The criminal offense under the common law, and by the statutes of many jurisdictions, of obstructing the administration and due course of justice. 39 Am J1st Obst J § 1. See obstruct …   Ballentine's law dictionary