单词 | jp |
释义 | J.P.n. Justice of the Peace. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online January 2018). > as lemmasJ.P. J.P. n. Justice of Peace. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > Justice of the peace or district magistrate Justice of the Peace1423 justice1509 conservator of the peacea1513 Warden of the Peace1543 Guardian of the Peace1581 mittimus1630 magistrate1727 J.P.1732 beak1799 county commissioner1809 bubble and squeak1935 1732 Cal. State Papers: Amer. & W. Indies (1939) 48 A dispute arising between two of his men on shore, Francis Squib and Jacob Taverner, J.P's in that harbour, put them in the stocks. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 328 Directors..Sir Benjamin Morris, J.P. 1972 P. Johnson Offshore Islanders v. 291 The Local Government Act of 1888..replaced the old Quarter Sessions of JPs by democratically elected County Councils. < n. as lemmas |
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