Justificare in Scripture usually forensic: declare just, not make just
Justificare (Heb. hitsdik, Gk. Dikaioo) is usually forensic in Scripture.
It means declaring or acknowledging as just the one accused—not making the unjust just.
Latin
I. Justificare, quod est Hebraice hitsdik, Graece dikaioo, in Scriptura sacra sumitur plerunque sensu forensi, id est, non significat ex injusto justum facere, sed justum declarare, habere, agnoscere illum qui fuerat alicujus criminis, vel culpae accusatus, aut vocatus in suspicionem.