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Definition of Chief justice
1. Noun. The judge who presides over a supreme court.
Generic synonyms: Judge, Jurist, Justice
Specialized synonyms: Burger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger, Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase, Ellsworth, Oliver Ellsworth, Fuller, Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller, Charles Evans Hughes, Hughes, Jay, John Jay, John Marshall, Marshall, Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist, William Rehnquist, John Rutledge, Rutledge, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone, Harlan Stone, Stone, President Taft, Taft, William Howard Taft, Roger Brooke Taney, Roger Taney, Taney, Frederick Moore Vinson, Vinson, Morrison R. Waite, Morrison Remick Waite, Morrison Waite, Waite, Earl Warren, Warren, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr., Edward White, White
Definition of Chief justice
1. Noun. The senior presiding justice of a court. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chief Justice
Literary usage of Chief justice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"In the several senatorial and representative districts, composed of more counties
than one, the chief justice of the following- named counties shall receive ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1874)
"He is removed by the Parliament from his Office of chief justice, 46. ...
Merits and Services of the Republican Judges, 48. chief justice Rolle ..."
3. The Camden Miscellany by Camden Society (Great Britain), Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"Perion chief baron : Anderson chief Justice de bank, et Popham chief Justice ...
Gawdy chief Justice de banke, estant le proper iudge de It is to be noted ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The supreme court of Iowa, which rendered the judgment complained of, is composed
of a chief justice and three associate justices, and this writ is allowed ..."
5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1895)
"remains that the only court established by the constitution is "one supreme
Court," and "the chief justice" elsewhere mentioned therein means the chief ..."
6. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"Down to this time the chief justice of the col- ony had held office only during
good «<» of ... The chief justice was now made removable only by the Crown, ..."
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