justice of the peace
justice of the peace
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Definition(s):
- (n) a local magistrate with limited powers
Usage(s):
- When Campillo's justice of the peace resigned in protest, Maroto, who took advantage of Spain's new law in 2005, turned the post over to his husband.
- Serving as a kind of justice of the peace-cum-moral authority, he presides over holiday celebrations and resolves familial land disputes.
- The local justice of the peace, who is also a miner and a poet, follows the crime to its solution.
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