: the presiding or principal judge of a court of justice
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The chief justice asked for a response by Friday from the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Global Health Council, which had sued over the funding delays.—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2025 Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025 Stephen Field, a justice of the US Supreme Court, had a longstanding feud with David Terry, a former chief justice of California.—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 20 Jan. 2025 The court’s Republican chief justice, Paul Newby, was a prominent supporter of Judge Griffin’s election campaign.—Michael Wines, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chief justice
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