: the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice
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The chief justice should create and enforce a new norm for the court: if lower court decisions are going to be reversed in important cases, the justices should say why.—Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025 The chief justice oversees the state’s court system and has broad powers over administrative matters.—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025 The Taft house, located at 2038 Auburn Ave. in Mount Auburn, is the birthplace and boyhood home of the man who served as the nation's 27th president and 10th U.S. Supreme Court chief justice.—Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Within weeks of the conclusion of the assault, which became known as the Yom Kippur War, a state commission of inquiry, led by the then chief justice of Israel’s Supreme Court, Shimon Agranat, questioned witnesses about the miscalculations and oversights that led to the crisis.—David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for chief justice
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