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
Examples of justice of the peace in a Sentence
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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.
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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
The $77 million budget was unanimously approved Thursday by Benton County's justices of the peace at the Quorum Court's monthly meeting.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2023
Each justice of the peace represents a district within the county of roughly equal population.
—Mike Jones, arkansasonline.com, 16 Nov. 2023
The Quorum Court is the legislative body of county government and its members are called justices of the peace.
—Mike Jones, arkansasonline.com, 16 Nov. 2023
The police recovered spent Lake City casings after a former justice of the peace killed a Texas district attorney and his wife.
—Ben Dooley Emily Rhyne, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
That consistency has been difficult to achieve, due in part to changes in leadership that occur when programs are implemented over several years, as well as the variety of initiatives and funds directed at improving access, according to the justice of the peace.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
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
The $77 million budget was unanimously approved Thursday by Benton County's justices of the peace at the Quorum Court's monthly meeting.
—Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 1 Dec. 2023
Each justice of the peace represents a district within the county of roughly equal population.
—Mike Jones, arkansasonline.com, 16 Nov. 2023
The Quorum Court is the legislative body of county government and its members are called justices of the peace.
—Mike Jones, arkansasonline.com, 16 Nov. 2023
The police recovered spent Lake City casings after a former justice of the peace killed a Texas district attorney and his wife.
—Ben Dooley Emily Rhyne, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
That consistency has been difficult to achieve, due in part to changes in leadership that occur when programs are implemented over several years, as well as the variety of initiatives and funds directed at improving access, according to the justice of the peace.
—Josh Snyder, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
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