justiceship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of justiceship
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
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 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
You are cantankerous enough to forget that he used his position in London to do us harm, and you won't see that he will do as much with the justiceship.
From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot
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