Chief Justice: Presiding judge of the Supreme Court.
The Legal Dictionary has taken steps to ensure that all legal, law, and court terms contained in our legal dictionary are correct.
Chief Justice A judge who presides over any state supreme court or over the U.S. Supreme Court.
Need Legal Help?
Get Informed ...
Chief Justice
The seniormost presiding judge of the court. He/she is normally the president of the Supreme court.
Lord Chief Justice is the name given to the judge who presides over the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court.
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan, Jr. Â- Potter Stewart
Byron White Â- Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun Â- Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
William Rehnquist Â- John P. Stevens ...
chief justice
n. the presiding judge of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President.
child
n. 1) a person's natural offspring.
chief justice The presiding judge of the Washington State Supreme Court, or of the highest court in another jurisdiction.
CHIEF JUSTICE, officer. The president of a supreme court; as the chief justice of the United States, the chief justice of Pennsylvania, and the -like. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 3.
As former chief justice McEachern of the British Columbia Court of Appeal said in Pidluberg v. Maslasz: ...
Judicial Council
Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye
Administrative Office of the Courts
Branchwide Initiatives
Office of Governmental Affairs
Invitations to Comment ...
For instance in a Nova Scotia case a barrister was suspended from practice for writing to the chief justice of the province a letter relating to a case in which the barrister was suitor.
Puisne Judge A judge or justice other than the chief judge or chief justice of a court. Supernumerary Judge A judge who has the option to retire, but who instead chooses to sit half of the time of a full-time judge.
TOP Puisne : Junior or lower in rank, as opposed to the chief justice. For example, there are 8 puisne judges on the Supreme Court of Canada and a chief justice.
In Harmelin, Justice Scalia, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist, determined Solem was wrongly decided and the Eighth Amendment contained no proportionality guarantee.
588 (1823), Marshall, Chief Justice.
Adverse title. See Possession, Adverse; Warranty, 1.
Good title; Perfect title; Unincumbered title. A "perfect title" is a title good in law and in equity. Warner v. Middlesex Mut. Assur.
The doctrine was first stated by Chief Justice John Marshall, who ruled that the power of Congress over interstate commerce (Article 1, Section 8) could not prevent the states from controlling goods shipped from another state after they had been ...
Trial Referee: An attorney appointed by the Chief Justice to hear any civil non-jury case where the parties agree to use a trial referee and all the legal papers have been filed.
U ...
One of the nine is the Chief Justice (appointed by the President if there is a vacancy), and the others are Associate Justices. 2) the ultimate appeals court in every state except Maryland and New York (which call the highest court the Court of ...
The Supreme Court has the power to control and supervise the proceedings of other courts and has the authority to set court schedules and promulgate rules of practice and procedure for the trial courts. Voters elect the chief justice and the six ...
Supreme Court: Final court of appeal in Ireland, headed by the Chief Justice. Most appeals are on matters of law or procedure.
 See also: Justice, Law, Court, State, Cases
  
|
RSS
