chief justice

[cheef juhs-tis]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Law.��the presiding judge of a court having several members.
Official Title Chief Justice of the United States.��(initial capital letters)��the presiding judge of the U.S. Supreme Court.

chief justice

noun

(in any of several Commonwealth countries) the judge presiding over a supreme court
(in the US) the presiding judge of a court composed of a number of members

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Other Word Forms

chief justiceship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chief justice¹

First recorded in 1685–95

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In his case, he not only lost the backing of the state but of the chief justice of his court, he said.

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The president has been especially effusive about the likely emergence of a chief justice from one of Mexico’s long-marginalized Indigenous communities.

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The chief justice sounded uncertain during the oral argument in late April.

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The Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group, appealed to the Supreme Court, quoting the court’s opinions written by the chief justice.

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Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from her post on Wednesday - the first time a chief justice has been suspended in the country's history.

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Chief Joseph chiefly

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