Usually means: Official authorized to judge cases.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. justice of the peace: Merriam-Webster
  2. justice of the peace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. justice of the peace: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. justice of the peace: Collins English Dictionary
  5. justice of the peace: Vocabulary.com
  6. justice of the peace: Wordnik
  7. Justice of the Peace, justice of the Peace: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Justice of the Peace: Wiktionary
  9. justice of the peace: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. justice of the peace: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. justice of the peace: Dictionary.com
  12. Justice of The Peace, Justice of the Peace, Justice of the peace (Belgium), Justice of the peace (Russia), Justice of the peace: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. justice of the peace: Rhymezone
  14. justice of the peace: FreeDictionary.org
  15. justice of the peace: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. justice of the peace: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. justice of the peace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. justice of the peace: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. justice of the peace: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Justice of the Peace: Legal dictionary
  8. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. justice of the peace: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Justice of the Peace: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Justice of the Peace)

▸ noun:  A judicial officer with varying responsibilities depending on the jurisdiction.

Similar:
officer of the peace, judge, judicial officer, guardian of the peace, justiciar, judg, iudge, peace officer, purple judge, officer of the court, more...

Opposite:
magistrate, judge

Phrases:
justice of the peace court, more...

Adjectives:
justiciary, ordinary, ermine, sitting, crown, moot, banco, judicial, judiciary, fiscal, court-martialed

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Similar:
officer of the peace, judge, judicial officer, guardian of the peace, justiciar, judg, iudge, peace officer, purple judge, officer of the court, more...

Opposite:
magistrate, judge

Phrases:
justice of the peace court, more...

Adjectives:
justiciary, ordinary, ermine, sitting, crown, moot, banco, judicial, judiciary, fiscal, court-martialed



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