department of justice

Noun department of justice has 1 sense

• department of justice(n = noun.group) doj, justice, justice department - the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870;
is a kind of executive department
has parts: bja, bureau of justice assistance, bjs, bureau of justice statistics, fbi, federal bureau of investigation, dea, drug enforcement administration, drug enforcement agency, bop, federal bureau of prisons, national institute of justice, nij, marshals, united states marshals service, us marshals service