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justiceship

[ juhs-tis-ship ]

noun

  1. the office of a justice.


justiceship

/ ˈʌɪˌʃɪ /

noun

  1. the rank or office of a justice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of justiceship1

First recorded in 1535–45; justice + -ship
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Look, for instance, at Arkansas, where two current members of the state Supreme Court, Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker, faced off for the chief justiceship.

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Some of it was luck that he comes in and the chief justiceship is opening up because Warren had already said he was leaving, and some other justices are in poor health that eventually leave.

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Cooper’s decision angered Newby, who believed he was entitled to the chief justiceship as the most senior member of the court.

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As Newby fought to seize the chief justiceship from Beasley, the North Carolina Supreme Court addressed a major controversy in the state’s criminal law: what to do about the Racial Justice Act.

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Sununu appointed two conservative justices to the five-member court and elevated a right-leaning Democratic appointee to the chief justiceship.

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