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Milo A. Root
Milo Adelbert Root (January 22, 1863 – January 9, 1917)"Judge Milo Root Dies Suddenly In Seattle", ''The Tacoma News Tribune'' (January 10, 1917), p. 3.Milo A. Root Is Dead
, ''The Spokesman-Review'' (January 10, 1917), p. 5.
was a justice of the from 1905 to 1908. He was appointed by Governor to a newly created seat on the court. Born in Illinois, Root's family moved to New York when he was thirteen, where Root received a law degree from

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In its broadest sense, justice is the idea that individuals should be treated fairly. According to the ''Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', the most plausible candidate for a core definition comes from the ''Institutes'' of Justinian, a 6th-century codification of Roman law, where justice is defined as "the constant and perpetual will to render to each his due". A society where justice has been achieved would be one in which individuals receive what they "deserve". The interpretation of what "deserve" means draws on a variety of fields and philosophical branches including ethics, rationality, law, religion, and fairness. The state may pursue justice by operating courts and enforcing their rulings. History Early Western theories of justice were developed in part by Ancient Greek philosophers such as Plato in his work '' The Republic'', and Aristotle, in his ''Nicomachean Ethics'' and ''Politics''. Modern-day Western notions of justice also have their roots in Christian t ...
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