fountain of honor

variants or fountain of justice

often capitalized F&H&J

: the British crown conceived as the source of all justice, honors, dignities, titles, peerages, and privileges

arms and honors have always proceeded from the sovereign as the fountain of honor

—L. G. Pine

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