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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. [1] [2] Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia.
She and her mother are both personifications of justice. She is depicted as a young, slender woman carrying a balance scale and wearing a laurel wreath. The constellation Libra (the Scales) was anciently thought to represent her distinctive symbol. She is often associated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity.
"Lady Justice" holding a 2-pan balance beam scale, and a sword: Statue of Justice, Central Criminal Court, London, UK. The scales (specifically, a two-pan, beam balance) are one of the traditional symbols of justice, as wielded by statues of Lady Justice. This corresponds to the use in a metaphor of matters being "held in the balance".
She became the inspiration for modern depictions of Lady Justice. The ruling planet of Libra is Venus along with Taurus. [5] Libra is the only zodiac sign that is represented by an object; the other eleven signs are represented by either an animal or a mythological character though some depictions feature a man holding the scales with his hands ...
An Old Bailey trial, c. 1808 Plaque commemorating Bushel's Case of 1670 Lady Justice statue on the top of the court building A small Sessions House at the time (in black at centre near red line), the court is shown in Christopher and John Greenwood's 8 inch-to-mile map published in 1827 from an 1830 republication.
Pinto's Allegories of Justice and Truth by architect Giuseppe Bonici and mason Giovanni Puglisi, 1758. [3] [4] The figures of the four continents and four arts and sciences surrounding the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, 1872. The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), 1886. Passing of the Buffalo by Cyrus Dallin in Muncie ...
Spirit of Justice is a 1933 cast aluminum statue depicting Lady Justice that stands on display along with its male counterpart Majesty of Justice in the Great Hall of the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Scales of justice (symbol), scales held by Lady Justice symbolizing the measure of a case's support and opposition; Scales of Justice, a 1983 Australian television drama "Scales of Justice", a song by Avantasia from the 2010 album The Wicked Symphony; Scales of Justice, a novel by New Zealand writer Ngaio Marsh featuring her character Inspector ...