chief justice

[ cheef juhs-tis ]

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noun

Law. the presiding judge of a court having several members.
(initial capital letters) Official_title Chief Justice of the United States. 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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Derived Forms

chief justiceship, noun

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Other Word Forms

chief jus·tice·ship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of chief justice¹

First recorded in 1685–95

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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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Ghanaian President John Mahama has suspended the country's Supreme Court chief justice - a move that marks a first in the country's history.

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If Trump’s defiance of two court orders amounts to a constitutional crisis, it is one of the chief justice’s making.

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So with recent lower court decisions and a rebuke by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, it appears that some attempt to cure the country of this caustic virus is underway.

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Chief Joseph chiefly

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