chief justice

Noun

Meaning

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

chief-justice

Synonyms

Lord Chancellor chief judge CJ chief of justice chairman of the supreme court deputy chairman of the supreme court highest judge principal magistrate supreme judge tribunal president chair of the supreme court chairperson of the supreme court head magistrate head of judiciary head of the judiciary

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Antonyms

attorney-general magistrate justice of the peace court official judicial officer judicial authority

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Hypernyms

judge justice jurist

Examples

Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called me one day. Fred F. Fielding

The Chief Justice was rich, quiet, and infamous. Thomas Babington Macaulay

Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies – "the best debater the House of Commons has ever known.” (Mackenzie's newspaper scrapbook "Days of Giants", Library and Archives Canada) Alexander Mackenzie

The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments. Cliff Stearns

I was asked three times directly in the hearing before the board of the judiciary whether or not I would continue to acknowledge God if I were to resume my position as chief justice. And I said I would. Roy Moore

My memory is not as good as... Chief Justice Roberts. Joe Biden

Close letter words and terms

chief investigator Chief Joseph chief judge chief justice of the high court chief justiciar chief justiciary