justiceship

[ juhs-tis-ship ]

noun

1. the office of a justice.

justiceship

/ ˈdʒʌstɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

1. the rank or office of a justice

Word History and Origins

Origin of justiceship¹

First recorded in 1535–45; justice + -ship

Example Sentences

Look, for instance, at Arkansas, where two current members of the state Supreme Court, Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker, faced off for the chief justiceship.

From Slate

Some of it was luck that he comes in and the chief justiceship is opening up because Warren had already said he was leaving, and some other justices are in poor health that eventually leave.

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Cooper’s decision angered Newby, who believed he was entitled to the chief justiceship as the most senior member of the court.

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As Newby fought to seize the chief justiceship from Beasley, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed a major controversy in the state’s criminal law: what to do about the Racial Justice Act.

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Sununu appointed two conservative justices to the five-member court and elevated a right-leaning Democratic appointee to the chief justiceship.

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