"Ermine" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

By metonymy, this term ls used to describe the ofiice or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain, webster

One of the furs. See Fur (Her.)

The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments
of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black,
arranged at regular intervals throughout the white.

By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose
state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor
without stain.

To clothe with, or as with, ermine.

A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M.
erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern
parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in
winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always
black.