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The chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court urged the state legislature to raise salaries for judges across the state on Monday.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The state Supreme Court’s chief justice was a woman.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 22 Jan. 2025
The next trial session is scheduled for Thursday and if Yoon also does not attend, the trial proceedings will go ahead with his legal team representing him, acting chief justice Moon Hyung-bae said.
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Around noon, the chief justice of the United States will administer the oath of office in a public ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1534, in the meaning defined above
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20justice. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
chief justice
noun
: the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice
Legal Definition
chief justice
noun
: a chief judge of a usually higher level court
specifically, often capitalized
: the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
chief justiceship
noun
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