{"id":8842,"date":"2017-11-20T23:18:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T23:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8842"},"modified":"2017-11-20T23:35:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T23:35:13","slug":"judge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8842","title":{"rendered":"Judge – a public official appointed or elected to\u00a0hear and decide legal matters in in court; a judicial officer who has the authority to administer justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

judge<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nn. (14c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A public official appointed or elected to<\/span>\u00a0hear and decide legal matters in in court; a judicial officer who has the authority to administer justice.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The term is sometimes held to include all officers appointed to decide litigated questions, including a justice of the peace and even even jurors (who are judges of the facts).\u00a0 But in ordinary legal usage, the term is limited to the sense of an officer\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(1) is so named in his or her commission, and<\/strong>
\n(2) presides in a court.\u00a0 Judge is often used interchangeably with court.<\/strong> See COURT
\n(2). \u2014 Abbr. J. (and, in plural, JJ.) [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A public officer who conducts or\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>presides over a court of justice.\u00a0 The words \u201cjudge,\u201d \u201ccourt,\u201d and \u201cjustice\u201d are often used interchangeably and, in context, have the same meaning.\u00a0<\/strong> See also justice of the peace; magistrate. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

judge-made law<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Law created by the decisions of judges as opposed to statutory law; precedent. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Judicial legislation. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Common law.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

judge trial<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A bench trial.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The\u00a0judge\u00a0presides in the courtroom.\u00a0 If a case is tried before a jury, the judge rules on points of law and gives instructions to the jury, informing the jury about the law that governs the case. (The jury determines the facts based on the evidence presented.) If there is no jury, the judge determines the facts and decides the verdict – e.g., finding of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case, or a finding for or against the plaintiff in a civil trial.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: American BAR Association, “How Courts Work > Officers of the Court”:\u00a0https:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/public_education\/resources\/law_related_education_network\/how_courts_work\/court_officers.html<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

******************************************<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to Interest Law and Types of Interest<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ownership Law and Types of Ownership<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Equity Jurisprudence<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Intro to U.S. Law<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Legal Precepts Adopted (from Europe) into The U.S. Constitution<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a7 <\/span><\/strong>\u00a7<\/span><\/span><\/strong> of Law Embedded into the Constitution Pursuant to the American Revolution<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Indian Country Law<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal Rules of Procedure<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like this website?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please Support Our Fundraiser<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

or donate via\u00a0PayPal<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n