Judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.
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I see Bourigeau in the distance, bringing the justice of the peace.
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And the justice of the peace is a clerk in your store.
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The next thing was to go to the justice of the peace.
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The justice of the peace who indicted the thieves was Western Starr.
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He was commissioned a justice of the peace by the Territorial authorities.
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A justice of the peace will be here to perform the ceremony.
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The old justice of the peace could not avoid showing his uneasiness.
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The affair was inquired into by a Spanish justice of the peace.
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He is the justice of the peace here-hewould be bound to.
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The next week, we were married by a justice of the peace.
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They had him afore a justice of the peace early this morning-
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My mind wandered as the justice of the peace began the ceremony.
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They know every justice of the peace from Texas to Fort M'Henry.
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I suppose he's a justice of the peace now, a law-giver, eh?
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Their titles range from justice of the peace to state supreme court justice.
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Lincoln began arguing cases before the local justice of the peace, Bowling Green.