chief vs justiciary

chief

noun
  • A leader or head of a group of people, organisation, etc. 

  • An informal term of address. 

  • The principal part or top of anything. 

  • An informal term of address for a Native American or First Nations man. 

  • The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third. 

verb
  • To smoke cannabis. 

adj
  • Primary; principal. 

  • Intimate, friendly. 

justiciary

noun
  • A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. 

  • The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc. 

  • A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office. 

  • Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe. 

  • A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God. 

  • A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. 

  • A magistrate. 

  • A judge or justice. 

adj
  • Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships. 

  • Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary. 

  • Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary. 

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