Justification as Legal Term.

In a recent interview, theologian N.T. Wright once again showed the interrelatedness of law and theology:

"I understand justification as basically a law-court term, where it means the judge’s creative declaration that a person is ‘in the right’ in terms of the lawcourt."

via: http://trevinwax.com/2009/01/13/interview-with-nt-wright-responding-to-piper-on-justification/