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chief judge : the principal, presiding, or most senior judge of esp. a lower level court or of a circuit ...
Judge
Judge [fr. juge, Fr.; judex, Lat.], one invested with authority to determine any cause or question in a Court of judicature. The word 'judge' denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a judge but also every person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, is confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive or who is one of a body of persons which body of persons is em-powered by law to give such a judgement (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 19)To secure the dignity and political independence of the judges of the Supreme Court, it is enacted by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), that the judges of the Supreme Court (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, who goes out with the Ministry) shall hold their o...
Chief Clerks of Judges in Equity
Chief Clerks of Judges in Equity, appointed under 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, s. 16, to act in the place of the abolished Masters in Chancery, They were continued in office, under the judges of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, by (English) Jud. Act, 1873, ss. 77-86. In 1897 the title of 'Chief Clerk' was altered to that of 'Master of the Supreme Court.' See R. S. C., Ord. LV., and (English) Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 110-130....
Puisne
Puisne [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the chiefs, were called puisne. By s. 5 of the (English) Judicature Act, 1877, a puisne judge of the High Court means, for the purposes of that Act, a judge of the High Court other than the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and their successors respectively. Puisne judges of the High Court shall be styled Justices of the High Court [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 2 (4)]. The term is also used as meaning later for subsequent with reference to mortgagees and the like, e.g., puisne mortgagees....
chief justice
chief justice : a chief judge of a usually higher level court ;specif often cap : the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court chief jus·tice·ship n ...
Masters of the Supreme Court
Masters of the Supreme Court, in the King's Bench Division, officials, seven in number, deriving their title from the (English) Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879 (see now Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 106, 122, Sched. III., Part I.), and filling the places of the Masters of the Common Law Courts, the King's Coroner and Attorney, the Master of the Crown Office, the two Record and Writ Clerks, and the three Associates. Their jurisdiction is mainly to hear summonses for directions (see DIRECTIONS, SUMMONS FOR), to supervise pleadings, and decide as to discovery. There are also Masters in the Chancery Division who have succeeded to the position and powers of the Chief Clerks of the Chancery judges, the title of 'Master of the Supreme Court' having been substituted for that of 'Chief Clerk in 1897. Under the present system there are three sets of Chancery Chambers, each with four Masters and attached to two judges. The duties of the Masters are to hear summonses for directions, take accounts and answer inqui...
Chief Justice
Chief Justice, means the Chief Justice of India, and includes a Judge appointed under Article 126 of the Constitution to perform the duties of the Chief Justice. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (d)]...
mayor
The chief magistrate of a city or borough the chief administrative officer of a municipal corporation In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge The post is usually elective its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city...
Judicial-council
Judicial-council, a regularly assembled group of judges whose mission is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the courts or which they sit; esp., a semiannual assembly of a federal circuit's judges called by the circuit's chief judge, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 851....
C.J.
C.J. 1 chief justice 2 chief judge ...
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