| 单词 | justice of the peace-ship |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJustice of the ˈPeace-ship Justice of the ˈPeace-ship n. (also †Justice-of-Peace-ship) [after justiceship n.] the position or office of Justice of the Peace. ΚΠ 1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widow (5th impr.) sig. F3 The stating him in a Iustice of peace-ship. 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 42 Taken vp with Secular, or State affaires: with Pauls, or Westminster Hall: with some Iustice of Peace-ship or other. 1715 Let. from Country Whig (ed. 2) 86 Removing them..from their Lieutenancy, Justice of Peaceship, or Magistracy in Corporations. 1845 Morning Post 27 Oct. 4/2 Some of those are unwilling, perhaps, to lose their dignity of a justice of the peaceship. 1880 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 35 671/2 There was a book kept open in Sir William Fox's office, where any body could put down whom he liked for a Justice of the Peace-ship. 1907 Law Mag. & Rev. 33 23 The accretions of centuries have made the justice-of-the-peace-ship a diversified office. 2002 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 14 Mar. 1 e After he got his justice of the peace-ship, I asked him if he would marry us. < as lemmas |
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