In the former British colony of Pennsylvania: a justice of the peace. (See also quot. 1642 at sense 1a.) Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > 			[noun]		 > Justice of the peace or district magistrate > colonial and U.S. (4)		 peacemaker1683 In the former British colony of Pennsylvania: a justice of the peace. (See also quot. 1642 at sense 1a.) Obsolete. field-cornet1800 A minor magistrate in charge of a subdivision of a district of the Cape Colony and answerable to the landdrost. veld-cornet1802 = field-cornet, n. squire1817 U.S. A Justice of the Peace; also, a lawyer or judge. Also, applied more widely to any local dignitary. | 
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