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justiceship

American  
[juhs-tis-ship] / ˈdʒʌs tɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. the office of a justice.


justiceship British  
/ ˈdʒʌstɪsˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. the rank or office of a justice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of justiceship

First recorded in 1535–45; justice + -ship

Example Sentences

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Look, for instance, at Arkansas, where two current members of the state Supreme Court, Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker, faced off for the chief justiceship.

From Slate Nov. 19, 2024

Some of it was luck that he comes in and the chief justiceship is opening up because Warren had already said he was leaving, and some other justices are in poor health that eventually leave.

From Slate Mar. 29, 2021

As Newby fought to seize the chief justiceship from Beasley, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed a major controversy in the state’s criminal law: what to do about the Racial Justice Act.

From Slate Nov. 17, 2020

Cooper’s decision angered Newby, who believed he was entitled to the chief justiceship as the most senior member of the court.

From Slate Nov. 17, 2020

As an object lesson a better appointment to high office has rarely been made than that of Fuller to the chief justiceship of the great court.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)

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