Justice of the Peace
a judge who deals with minor legal matters
TRANSLATION
Justice of the Peace = der Friedensrichter, die Friedensrichterin --- GOOGLE INDEX justice of the peace: approximately 4,600,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Ten sheriff courts and seven JUSTICE OF THE PEACE courts will close after Holyrood's Justice Committee backed changes to legislation.
(The Scotland Herald)
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Some rushed off to spread the news and tell the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and have an inquest, and me and Tom ran out for the house.
(from the novel Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain)
(The Scotland Herald)
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Some rushed off to spread the news and tell the JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and have an inquest, and me and Tom ran out for the house.
(from the novel Tom Sawyer Detective by Mark Twain)
Did you
know?
Justice of the Peace (also JP)
noun phrase
- a person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law courts
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Justices of the Peace are regarded as civil public officers, distinct from peace or police officers. Depending on the region in which they serve, they are also known as magistrates, squires, and police or district judges.
The position of Justice of the Peace originated in England in 1361 with the passing of the Justice of the Peace Act. In colonial America the position, with its judicial, executive, and legislative powers, was the community's main political force and therefore the most powerful public office open to colonists. Legal training was not a requirement.
Today Justices of the Peace deal with minor criminal matters and usually preside only in the lowest courts. Their legal duties encompass standard judicial tasks such as issuing arrest or search warrants, performing marriage ceremonies, handling routine traffic offences, imposing fines and conducting inquests.
In the U.S. state of Nevada, Justices of the Peace are lucrative jobs since they perform many of the marriages of couples who have eloped from other states because Nevada has no waiting period from license to wedding.
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PRACTICE OWAD IN A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"The JUSTICE OF THE PEACE gave him a small fine and a warning to be more careful when driving in the future."
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QUICK, before you go, CONSOLIDATE YOUR MEMORY !
A next-day review boosts memory by 70%
What was yesterday's OWAD?
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noun phrase
- a person who is not a lawyer but who acts as a judge in local law courts
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Justices of the Peace are regarded as civil public officers, distinct from peace or police officers. Depending on the region in which they serve, they are also known as magistrates, squires, and police or district judges.
The position of Justice of the Peace originated in England in 1361 with the passing of the Justice of the Peace Act. In colonial America the position, with its judicial, executive, and legislative powers, was the community's main political force and therefore the most powerful public office open to colonists. Legal training was not a requirement.
Today Justices of the Peace deal with minor criminal matters and usually preside only in the lowest courts. Their legal duties encompass standard judicial tasks such as issuing arrest or search warrants, performing marriage ceremonies, handling routine traffic offences, imposing fines and conducting inquests.
In the U.S. state of Nevada, Justices of the Peace are lucrative jobs since they perform many of the marriages of couples who have eloped from other states because Nevada has no waiting period from license to wedding.
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PRACTICE OWAD IN A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"The JUSTICE OF THE PEACE gave him a small fine and a warning to be more careful when driving in the future."
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QUICK, before you go, CONSOLIDATE YOUR MEMORY !
A next-day review boosts memory by 70%
What was yesterday's OWAD?
billiges Imitat, gefälschtes Produkt = K____-O__
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