单词 | lord chief justice |
释义 | Lord Chief Justicen. (A deferential title for) a Chief Justice in the United Kingdom or (formerly) Great Britain and Ireland; spec. (a) = Chief Justice n. (a) (historical); (b) (now in full Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales) (the title of) the president of the courts and head of the judiciary of England and Wales.The present office was defined by the Constitutional Reform Act of 2005. The earlier full title Lord Chief Justice of England had been made official when the roles of Chief Justice of Queen's Bench and Chief Justice of Common Pleas were combined (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > Lord Chief Justice High Justicec1380 Chief Justice1411 Lord Chief Justice?1545 ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Cv Hardelye my lorde chefe iustyce hath not bene without his rewarde, no yet master Chauncelloure. 1585 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 57 The Lordes Chief Justices of either Benche do twise a weeke attend upon Nisi Prius for London and Middlesex. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 187 The two Lord chief Justices were in the same Treason. 1681 N. Luttrell Diary 11 May in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 82 The lord chief justice Pemberton told him, That..there were three of them..of opinion that his plea should be over-ruled. 1704 tr. J. Ware Comm. Prelates Ireland 14 He was called to the Parliament held in Dublin under Sir John Charleton Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in 1337. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 11 He was advanced to the Post of..Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. 1809 T. G. Fessenden Pills, Poet., Polit., & Philos. 51 Was Olmsted's cause appeal'd to them, As lords Chief Justices pro tem. Their conduct tells the federal judges, ‘Sirs, your authority a fudge is!’ 1883 Wharton's Law-lexicon (ed. 7) 146/1 In 1881, after the promotion of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge to the office of Lord Chief Justice of England, the office [of Chief Justice of the Common Pleas] was abolished..under s. 31 of the Jud. Act 1873, and merged in that of Lord Chief Justice of England. 1920 Govt. of Ireland Bill 60 in Parl. Papers (Bill 39) II. 185 His Majesty's High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland shall consist of three judges, namely, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, who shall be president thereof, and two puisne judges. 1963 P. G. Richards Patronage in Brit. Govt. 101 A committee consisting of the Speaker of the Commons (chairman), the Prime Minister,..the Lord Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Session. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) xiv. 291 The Lord Chief Justice..was unlikely to send him to prison. Derivatives Lord Chief ˈJusticeship n. (a) preceded by a possessive adjective, as a form of address or reference to a Lord Chief Justice; (b) the position or office of Lord Chief Justice. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to my Lordc1300 worshipc1475 Mr Justice1596 justiceship1637 Lord Chief Justiceship1752 Your Honour1832 lud1878 Mrs Justice1903 Madam Justice1957 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > Lord Chief Justice > office of Chief Justiceship1638 Lord Chief Justiceship1752 1752 G. A. Stevens Distress upon Distress Ded. p. iii Let me not..disfurnish the Trophies of the ancient Law-Givers, to make a Panegyric on your Lord Chief Justiceship. 1780 Gentleman's Mag. 50 Suppl. 598/1 The sinecure place he then enjoyed [lord chief justiceship in eyre]. 1861 Black's Guide Hampshire & Isle of Wight xiv. 739 Sir Thomas Fleming..rose to the Lord Chief Justiceship of England (1609). 1918 G. M. Royce Note Bk. Amer. Parson in Eng. xx. 238 It..places his Lord Chief Justiceship in the awkward position of having broken a law which he..is supposed to maintain. 2005 R. Stevens Eng. Judges (rev. ed.) ii. 21 The Lord Chief Justiceship was also a highly political office. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1545 |
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