JUSTIFY (3)

Jus″ti‐fy, v. t. (Law) (a) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation. (b) To qualify (one's self) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property. The production of bail in court, who there justify themselves against the exception of the plaintiff. Bouvier's Law Dict.