Debpriya De Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

justice will be served

When we say "justice will be served" or "justice has been served", do we mean that justice has been served to the victim or that justice has been served to the perpetrator ?
When we bring someone to justice, we talk about the perpetrator.
  

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Hi, When we say "justice will be served" or "justice has been served", do we mean that justice has been served to the victim or that justice has been served to the perpetrator ? We mean that both receive justice. Clive

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Hi,

When we say "justice will be served" or "justice has been served", do we mean that justice has been served to the victim or that justice has been served to the perpetrator ? We mean that both receive justice.

Clive