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circuit justice

circuit justice : a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who is also assigned to sit as

chief justice : a chief judge of a usually higher level court ;specif often cap : the chief justice of

Criminal Justice Administration Act (English), 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 58). The Act considerably enlarges the jurisdiction of

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Mirror des justices. This singular work has raised much doubt and difference of opinion concerning its antiquity. Some have pronounced it

Lord Justice General, the highest judicial officer in Scotland. Head of the High Court of Justiciary. The office is united

Justice-seat, the principal Court of the Forest.

Justice of the peace, means 'A local judicial officer having jurisdiction over minor criminal offences and minor civil functions

Justice in eyre, means one of the itinerant judges who, in medieval times, investigated allegations of wrongdoing, tried cases,

Lord Justice Clerk, the second judicial officer in Scotland. See SESSION, COURT OF

The presiding justice or principal judge of a court

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