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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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The new documents, released after a circuit judge’s order in the case, show a coordinated effort by state and federal agencies to avoid triggering a need for an environmental review.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2026
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Amid a legal dispute between two Apopka candidates for mayor, a circuit judge in Orange County has set a trial date for July 2027 — more than a year after next month’s municipal elections.—
Mike Valente,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 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.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
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News of the move for disqualification of a former chief justice has become a subject of discussion among lawyers and judges, although none would discuss it publicly on Friday.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
7 Mar. 2026
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