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chief justicePresiding judicial officer within any multijudge court. It is the title of the highest judicial officer in any U.S. state, and of the leader of the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. chief justice, like the associate justices, is nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate for a lifetime tenure. The chief justices of some state supreme courts are subject to popular election and mandatory retirement ages. Chief justices are normally responsible for the administration of their own court and the preparation of the judiciary's budget. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She appealed, but President Judge Robert Freedberg affirmed her conviction and ordered her to pay up. The first school in the county of which we have any record was taught by Francis Dunlevy, afterwards first President Judge of the circuit of Southwestern Ohio, and was commenced in 1798, just west of the site of Lebanon. Superior Court President Judge Henry duPont Ridgely ordered the teen-agers to give up their passports, sign extradition waivers, live with their parents under an 8 p. |
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