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), 大法官 (zh) (dàfǎguān) (Singapore)

• Finnish: oikeuden puheenjohtaja
• French: juge en chef (Canada)
• Hindi: मुख्य न्यायाधीश m (mukhya nyāyādhīś)
• Irish: príomh-bhreitheamh m
• Malay: ketua hakim
• Maori: kaiwhakawā tumuaki
• Tamil: தலைமை நீதிபதி (talaimai nītipati)
• Urdu: منصفِ اعظم m

Further reading

• chief justice on Wikipedia.Wikipedia