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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Ten days at half-staff after the death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Dec. 2024
Kitchens, seeking his third term, is the senior presiding justice and next in line to become chief justice.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
She was named the state's first woman chief justice in 2014.
—Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1534, in the meaning defined above
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20justice. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
chief justice
noun
: the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice
Legal Definition
chief justice
noun
: a chief judge of a usually higher level court
specifically, often capitalized
: the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
chief justiceship
noun
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