chief justice

English

Alternative forms

• chief-justice

Noun

chief justice (plural chief justices)

1. The senior presiding justice of a court.

Synonyms

• CJ

Translations

senior justice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 首席法官 (zh) (shǒuxí fǎguān)

• Finnish: oikeuden puheenjohtaja
• French: juge en chef (Canada)

Further reading

• chief justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia