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chief justice

[ cheef juhs-tis ]

noun

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


chief justice

noun

  1. (in any of several Commonwealth countries) the judge presiding over a supreme court
  2. (in the US) the presiding judge of a court composed of a number of members
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • chief justiceship, noun
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Other Words From

  • 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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Example Sentences

The Supreme Court justices who decided the Integrity case make $244,440 a year (Chief Justice Roberts makes $255,500).

Thank you, Chief Justice Roberts, et al., for opening the floodgates of political campaign donations.

Watkins recently wrote to the Supreme Court urging Chief Justice John Roberts to take action against Fuller.

In the 1960s, billboards in conservative parts of the country urged, “Impeach Earl Warren,” the liberal chief justice.

The chief justice seemed to be arguing that anything short of hostility or blatant evangelism was kosher.

John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.

Daniel Wells, chief justice of the court of common pleas of Massachusetts, died at Cambridge, aged 63.

If the road is to be made and opened, as our new Chief Justice promises, it will be one of the most beautiful roads in the world.

On this occasion the lord-chief-justice Denman spoke on the question for the first time.

This calamity, Mr. Chief Justice, is not confined to the bar or the courts of this Commonwealth.

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