chief justice

For Beasley, that means playing up her decades of service as a judge, culminating in her appointment as chief justice in 2019.
North Carolina Democratic voters yearn for a new type of Senate candidate after years of defeats. Now they have two.|Mike DeBonis|July 13, 2021|Washington Post
Even though the information filed to the California attorney general is supposed to remain under wraps, the chief justice noted breaches where it was disclosed.
Supreme Court strikes down Calif. law requiring charities to disclose top donors to attorney general|Robert Barnes|July 1, 2021|Washington Post
It’s just that, I think, as chief justice, Roberts cares more about consistency in the court’s rulings and its image.
What Are The Stakes Of The Supreme Court’s Decision To Hear A Case That Challenges Roe v. Wade?|Sarah Frostenson (sarah.frostenson@abc.com)|May 19, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
A dollar would do, and if the college had paid it, this might have prevented the chief justice of the United States from mistakenly disagreeing with his eight colleagues.
Campus speech rules are hurting students. They deserve recompense — even if it’s just $1.|George Will|March 12, 2021|Washington Post

As chief justice, he can assign who writes the opinion in any case where he’s in the majority.
How A Conservative 6-3 Majority Would Reshape The Supreme Court|Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux (Amelia.Thomson-DeVeaux@abc.com)|September 28, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
“Having been a legislator and a mayor, I particularly enjoy being a chief executive,” he said.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So we do demand justice and we do speak up and make demands.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Take the chief metric of the war in Vietnam—body counts, which ultimately did not answer whether the strategy was working.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She is skilful in seizing salient characteristics, and her chief aim is to preserve the individuality of her sitters and models.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
M'Bongo, the great chief of this neighbourhood, paid a ceremonial visit to my husband.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
When I was at Portugal, there was held at that time the court of justice of the Inquisition.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe

British Dictionary definitions for chief justice

chief justice

noun

(in any of several Commonwealth countries) the judge presiding over a supreme court

(in the US) the presiding judge of a court composed of a number of members

Derived forms of chief justice

chief justiceship, noun

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