chief justice
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6.3
- noun
- /tʃif ˈdʒʌstɪs/
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presidente del Tribunal Supremo
- So I was not going to remind the Chief Justice of the United States that I won the bet.
- Supreme Court chief justice
- state chief justice
Their father was the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
- Their father was the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
- This was Sue Bell Cobb running for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
- And it could either be Amy Coney Barrett or Chief Justice Roberts.
- Keep and bear, as Chief Justice Burger insisted, do not mean own.
- And nor can I imagine a better topic to honor Margaret Marshall, our former Chief Justice of the High Court here in Massachusetts.
- Hold on, does Chief Justice Roberts really think the Civil War eliminated racial discrimination?
- Supreme Court, in a decision by Chief Justice Rehnquist, said the.
- So now please join me in welcoming to the stage Chief Justice Justice Margaret Hillary Marshall.
- Then the Senate summoned Chief Justice Roberts, who made a dramatic entrance led by the Reservoir Dogs.
- I got to say, if those are the qualifications I should be on the Supreme Court, I should be Chief Justice Gordon.
- And, and I just, I think it's just awesome that it was the Chief Justice John Roberts, not exactly a mega warrior, who destroyed the Democrats holiday.
Examples
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In 1887, he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Academic text (2007) -
In this issue, Rebecca Davis presents an interview-based profile of Leah Ward Sears, the former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.
Academic text (2011) -
The chief justice set the trial date for four weeks from today.
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Their father was the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court.
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On August 12, the chief justice announced the verdict.
Fiction book (2001) -
Taft later became Chief Justice of the United States.
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What's your reaction to the chief justice's statement?
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John G. Roberts Jr., the new chief justice, brought with him the perspectives and insights of a new generation.
Academic text (2010) -
When Earl Warren retired as chief justice in 1969, many expected a change in the Supreme Court's direction and style.
Academic text (1995) -
The chief justice presided over the most important cases in the country.
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'chief' (primary/principal) modifies 'justice' (a judge on a high court), yielding the principal or presiding judge. This head-adjective + noun pattern is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent senses will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Chief justice comes from two simple words: chief meaning 'leader' and justice meaning 'law' or the work of judges. In courts the chief leads the other judges and makes the final decisions, so chief justice means the head judge of the highest court.