The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chief justice \Chief" jus"tice\ The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court.
Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor.
Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic.
Usage examples of "lord chief justice of england".
Before him sits the traditional tricorne hat and the clerk, a portly and distinguished-appearing man, reads the commission naming 'beloved and faithful counsellors, Lord Keeper of our Privy Seal and the Lord Chief Justice of England, most dear cousin counsellors, most noble knights' in their full and lengthy titles.
Although they knew Goddard would be their senior officer again the moment the trial was over, and able to ruin each and every one of them in pure revenge, they had made a decision which would stand the scrutiny of the Lord Chief Justice of England.