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chief justice

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chief justice also Chief Justice
n. Abbr. CJ
The presiding judge of a high court having several judges, especially the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Noun1.chief justicechief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice


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While I looked about me here, an exceedingly dirty and partially drunk minister of justice asked me if I would like to step in and hear a trial or so: informing me that he could give me a front place for half-a-crown, whence I should command a full view of the Lord Chief Justice in his wig and robes - mentioning that awful personage like waxwork, and presently offering him at the reduced price of eighteenpence.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
As for Samuel Sewall, he afterwards became chief justice of Massachusetts.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
I knew an Englishman, who went to the Chief Justice (he told me, that not then understanding the ways of the place, he trembled as he entered the room), and said, "Sir, I have come to offer you two hundred
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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