Meaning of the sword of justice in English:
the sword of justice
phrase
Judicial authority.
‘Law professor Paul Laband argued in 1897 that women were too weak ‘to wield the sword of justice.’’
- ‘But the sword of justice should not be used to force me to compensate those with less talent.’
- ‘Justice attempts to settle matters to the highest truth, to separate truth from falsehood (the function of the sword of justice).’
- ‘Our nation's hand, it was said, would wield the sword of justice.’