justice of the peace
noun phrase
: a local magistrate empowered chiefly to administer summary justice in minor cases, to commit for trial, and to administer oaths and perform marriages
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Races for the school board, Board of Regents and justices of the peace are also on the ballot.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Arizona's voters will elect a new U.S. senator, members of Congress, a new state Legislature, state utility and water regulators, county executives and supervisors, mayors, council members, school board members and justices of the peace.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
As a Texas Ranger responsible for high-profile cases in small towns, Salinas routinely received calls, usually from sheriff’s deputies and justices of the peace.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
In 1825, he was appointed justice of the peace for Washtenaw County by then-acting Gov, William Woodbridge, and reelected in 1831.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
In Texas, identifying the dead is usually left to local justices of the peace, most of whom are understaffed and underfunded.
—Ananda Rose, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
Her story is the stuff of fiction, including a cast of eccentric local characters (ranchers, grave keepers, justices of the peace, pediatric pathologists) and a hodgepodge of federal and state law-enforcement officials.
—Ananda Rose, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
The justice of the peace worries that lack of access to broadband will lower the region's property values.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
The death and Lynch’s identity were confirmed by Nikol Endres, a justice of the peace in the area.
—Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
Arizona's voters will elect a new U.S. senator, members of Congress, a new state Legislature, state utility and water regulators, county executives and supervisors, mayors, council members, school board members and justices of the peace.
—The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2024
As a Texas Ranger responsible for high-profile cases in small towns, Salinas routinely received calls, usually from sheriff’s deputies and justices of the peace.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
In 1825, he was appointed justice of the peace for Washtenaw County by then-acting Gov, William Woodbridge, and reelected in 1831.
—Amelia Benavides-Colón, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2024
In Texas, identifying the dead is usually left to local justices of the peace, most of whom are understaffed and underfunded.
—Ananda Rose, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
Her story is the stuff of fiction, including a cast of eccentric local characters (ranchers, grave keepers, justices of the peace, pediatric pathologists) and a hodgepodge of federal and state law-enforcement officials.
—Ananda Rose, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2013
The justice of the peace worries that lack of access to broadband will lower the region's property values.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
The death and Lynch’s identity were confirmed by Nikol Endres, a justice of the peace in the area.
—Aimee Ortiz, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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“Justice of the peace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justice%20of%20the%20peace. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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