Justice of the Peacenoun [ C ]
uk/ˌdʒʌs.tɪs əv ðə ˈpiːs/us/ˌdʒʌs.tɪs əv ðə ˈpiːs/abbreviation JPa person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law courts and, in the US, can marry people
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Judges & juries
- beak
- challenge
- chief justice
- court of inquiry
- dismiss
- empanel
- favour
- foreman
- instruct
- judge
- jurist
- juror
- jury service
- justice
- lord
- rule
- sheriff
- sum
- sum up
- worship
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