[UN-1 17, 5 b.]
1. = INJUSTICE. Obs. exc. Sc.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 579/2. An occasion to lay the weght of their just damnacion, to the vniustice of gods eternal ordinaunce.
1569. Underdown, Ovid’s Invect. Ibis, E iiij. Pausanias therefore much moued with the kings vniustice,… slewe hym.
1626. R. Harris, Hezekiah’s Recovery (1630), 4. He intimated that Ingratitude was a kinde of Vnjustice.
1687. Stanley, Hist. Philos. (ed. 2), XIII. 933/1. His unjust deeds will come to the ears of the avengers of Unjustice.
1704. J. Gibbs, Sev. Divine Treat. (ed. 3), 103. All the Infidelity and Unjustice of Unbelievers.
1871. W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, xvii. To dee ’im nae oonjustice, we sall suppose that he only deliver’t the laird’s orders.
† 2. (See quot. and JUSTICE sb. 8.) Obs.–1
c. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Essex, I. (1662), 323. Rose Allin…, who bring in her Calling,… was intercepted by Iustice, or rather un-justice Tyrrell, who with a Candle most cruelly burnt her wrists.
