单词 | chief justice |
释义 | Chief Justicen. The judge who is head of a court system; also as a title; spec. (a) British the judge presiding over the Court of King's (or Queen's) Bench or the Court of Common Pleas, later merged in the office of Lord Chief Justice (now historical); (b) the presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States or in the supreme court of a state.With the use as a title preceded by Mr (see quot. 1952), compare Mr Justice at justice n. 5d. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > Lord Chief Justice High Justicec1380 Chief Justice1411 Lord Chief Justice?1545 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > in U.S. Chief Justice1788 supreme1969 1411 Rolls of Parl.: Henry IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1411 §13. m. 14 A loveday taken bytwen the same parties by William Gascoigne chief justice of the forsaid benche. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Dan. ii. 48 Thanne the kyng reiside Danyel an hiȝ..and ordeynede hym..cheef iustise. ?1444 J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 13 The Chief Justice..is right sory of þe matier þat is cause of your noun comyng hedir. 1531 23 Hen. VIII c. 6 The Chief Justice of the King's Bench and the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 81 That same nyght was browte in sir Roger Chamle cheffe justes of the kynges bench, sir Edwarde Montageu cheffe justys of the comyn place. 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 243 Before him as Chief Justice were all suits determined, crimes examined, the Crown-reuenue accompted, [etc.]. 1683 J. Bramston Autobiogr. (1845) 78 Beinge Chief Justice, and haueinge taken the oath belonginge to that plaice, he did..receaue a command from his Majestie to deliuer his opinion. 1733 J. Mallory Attorney’s Pocket Compan. I. 73 By the Command of the said Chief Justice..Names are affiled in the within written Pannel. 1763 London Mag. Oct. 563/1 Sir William Breton, is appointed privy purse to his majesty—Dr. Spry, chief justice of Canada. 1788 G. Clinton Let. 3 Mar. in J. Judd Corr. Van Cortlandt Family (1977) 509 The Honorable Richard Morris Esquire, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of our said State. 1817 Christian Observer Oct. 848/1 The abolition of slavery in Ceylon—a measure..accomplished by the exertions of the Chief Justice. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. iv. 313 The Master of the Rolls ranks immediately after the Chief Justice of the King's Bench. 1864 All Year Round 16 Apr. 227/1 I heard the chief justice of the court for the District of Columbia..talk of an Inquiry. 1905 Jewish Q. Rev. 18 62 The case was three times argued at the bar, and finally the Chief Justice..delivered the resolution of the Court. 1952 H. S. Truman Addr. National Arch. 15 Dec. in Public Papers Presidents U.S. 1077/1 Mr. Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. Larson, the Librarian of Congress, the Archivist: We are assembled here [etc.]. 1973 W. McNally Man from Zero 17 All the right people will be there. The State Governor,..the Chief Justices, prominent members of the medical profession. 2005 F. Kaufman Searching for Justice xxi. 232 Friends from far and wide attended, among them the chief justice of Canada, the chief justice of Ontario, and the federal and provincial ministers of justice. Derivatives Chief ˈJustice-hood n. rare the position or office of Chief Justice; the condition of being a Chief Justice. ΚΠ 1930 Port Arthur (Texas) News 9 Mar. 11/2 (caption) Camera Closeups of Taft From Boyhood To Chief Justicehood. 1995 ABC News (transcript of TV programme) (Nexis) 25 June I think it moved certainly to conservative direction under Warren Burger's Chief Justice-hood, but that is what the Court should be doing. Chief ˈJusticely adj. rare relating to a Chief Justice. ΚΠ 1974 Harvard Law Rev. 88 9 The notation is unfortunate, since it conveys a sense of Chief Justicely dominion over his colleagues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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