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单词 Justice of the Peace
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Justice of the Peacenoun [ C ]

uk/ˌdʒʌs.tɪs əv ðə ˈpiːs/us/ˌdʒʌs.tɪs əv ðə ˈpiːs/abbreviation JP

a person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law courts and, in the US, can marry people

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justice of the peacenoun [ C ]

us/ˈdʒʌs·tɪs əv ðə ˈpis/

a public officer who judges local and less important legal cases, and performs marriage ceremonies

justice of the peacenoun [ C ]

ukusabbreviation JP LAW

a magistrate who deals with less serious crimes and who, in the US, has the legal right to marry people:

In most cases involving a small amount of money, people appear before a justice of the peace and pay a fine.
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