| 1. | The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
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| Noun | 1. | chief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court |
CHIEF JUSTICE, officer. The president of a supreme court; as the chief justice of the United States, the chief justice of Pennsylvania, and the like. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 3.
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