Lord Chief Justice

American

noun

the presiding judge of Britain's High Court of Justice, the superior court of record for both criminal and civil cases.

Lord Chief Justice British

noun

the judge who is second only to the Lord Chancellor in the English legal hierarchy; president of one division of the High Court of Justice

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Hale, a Puritan sympathizer and later Lord Chief Justice of England, sent two women to their doom as “witches” after a trial in 1664.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Lord Chief Justice Ian Burnett – the most senior judge in England and Wales – disagreed with his two colleagues.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Judge said the legislation would make some men and women guilty exempt from prosecution.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

Sir Edward, who would later become Solicitor-General, Attorney General and Lord Chief Justice, was born at Burwood Hall in 1552.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2022

Lord Chief Justice Raymond has shown10 how it was that Christian intolerance was gradually broken down.

From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

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