Ermine
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
By metonymy, this term is used to describe the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. Webster.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
By metonymy, this term is used to describe the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined avith ermine, is emblamatical of purity and honor without Stain. Webster.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
1. The mustela erminea, Armenian rat; the fur of which is pure white in winter time. 2. The dignity of judges, whose state robes, lined with the fur of the ermine, are regarded as emblematical of purity.' Whence judicial ermine, for judicial integrity. See Gown, 3.