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1Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament — Scotland This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Scotland …
2Presiding Officer of the United States Senate — The Presiding Officer is the person who presides over the United States Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members to speak, and interpreting the Senate s rules, practices and precedents.There is no actual… …
3justice clerk — noun (plural justice clerks) Etymology: Middle English : the vice president of the High Court of Justiciary and the presiding officer of the Outer House of the Court of Session in Scotland called also lord justice clerk …
4Justice of the Peace — (JP) The 30,000 or so Justices of the Peace are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Lord Chancellor who himself is advised by a local advisory committee. Appointees are lay people, normally with a record of public service. Their work… …
5justice of the peace — An office of ancient origin, established in the United States as part of the English judicial system under the common law. Brown v Knox County, 187 Tenn 8, 212 SW2d 673, 5 ALR2d 1264. A magistrate; often a township officer, although exercising… …
6justice general — noun (plural justices general) Etymology: Middle English : the former presiding officer of the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland whose duties are now entrusted to the lord president of the Court of Session called also lord justice general …
7Chief justice — Chief jus tice The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. [1913 Webster] {Lord Chief Justice of England}, The presiding judge of the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the …
8Chief Justice of the United States — Chief justice Chief jus tice The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. [1913 Webster] {Lord Chief Justice of England}, The presiding judge of the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of… …
9Lord Chief Justice of England — Chief justice Chief jus tice The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. [1913 Webster] {Lord Chief Justice of England}, The presiding judge of the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of… …
10Associate Justice — n: a justice of a court of last resort who is not the chief justice Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. Associate Justice …
