"Justice" was laid down at the La Seyne shipyard in Toulon on 1 April 1903, launched on 27 October 1904, and completed on 15 April 1908, over a year after the revolutionary British battleship entered service, which rendered the pre-dreadnoughts like "Justice" outdated before they were completed.After commissioning, "Justice" was assigned to the 2nd Division of the Mediterranean Squadron, serving as its flagship, along with her sisters and .