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Recent Examples of justice of the peace
The rules require, too, that bail hearing before a judge or justice of the peace be held promptly.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025
The session with the justice of the peace wasn’t until the next afternoon.
—Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Under Article 7, Section 53 of the Arkansas Constitution, a person elected or appointed to one of 10 county offices, including justice of the peace, shall not during the term to which he or she has been elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
And King tied Angela Medlin, the woman who had confronted Marty Baker during the cattle-rustling arrests, in the race for justice of the peace.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Dec. 2025
The session with the justice of the peace wasn’t until the next afternoon.
—Andrew Martin, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
Under Article 7, Section 53 of the Arkansas Constitution, a person elected or appointed to one of 10 county offices, including justice of the peace, shall not during the term to which he or she has been elected, be appointed or elected to any civil office in this state.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2025
And King tied Angela Medlin, the woman who had confronted Marty Baker during the cattle-rustling arrests, in the race for justice of the peace.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for justice of the peace
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Another Jefferson County circuit judge, Jessica Green, last year drew local and national criticism after granting shock probation to a 32-year-old man accused of abducting a mother and two children and stabbing the mother during a bank robbery.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Feb. 2026
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An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending the 7-foot center’s college eligibility and his season with the Crimson Tide.—
Kennington Lloyd Smith III,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
10 Feb. 2026
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The group claimed that the chief justice of Haiti’s High Court had agreed to serve as provisional president.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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