Thesaurus results for JUSTICES

justices

noun

plural of justice

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Recent Examples of justices The justices struck down the trade penalties and set the stage for the federal government to pay refunds to importers. — Paul Wiseman, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026 The claim was allowed to stand because it was filed in a civil action outside the scope of church control, meaning that the abstention doctrine did not apply, the appeals court justices wrote. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026 The National Trust for Historic Preservation had told the justices that project would likely become irreversible unless it is stopped now. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 The justices are expected to issue a decision on a stay by the end of the week, when the injunction is set to take effect, but could buy more time to consider the issue with an administrative order. — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The minority justices said the decision ties the hands of prosecutors. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026 The Catholics in his government, from Supreme Court justices to Cabinet members to Vice President JD Vance, are acting as a rubber stamp for an imperious ruler, instead of imitations of Christ. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 As the midterms near, Democrats are proposing adding more justices, limiting their terms and more. — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2026 Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for five justices on the constitutional question, while Justice Brett Kavanaugh supplied the sixth vote for the judgment on statutory grounds. — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Chow, a trial lawyer by trade, led her own defense during the court case which – like all of Hong Kong’s national security cases – was heard by a panel of three judges selected to oversee such proceedings and not a jury.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The Kowalczyk decision reset the status quo for money bail, ruling that judges must consider other non-monetary alternatives before assigning bail.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of judges

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The film also scrutinizes the failures across policing, the courts and social institutions that critics say let his abuse persist largely undetected for so long.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Trump has tried several times to end birthright citizenship, but those challenges have been rejected by courts, including the Supreme Court.

— Matthew Lee, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of courts

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And rather than have the designers come to the jury (of which this editor was a member), the jurists spent several hours with each designer in their own space.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
Conflict of laws issues then will go on to occasionally fry the minds of even the most brilliant litigators and jurists.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026