justice_of_the_peace
has definitions from the fields of law,work
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[ noun ] (law,work) a local magistrate with limited powers
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)A Mexican justice_of_the_peace had issue a writ against Chavez for taking_part in the `` murder '' of Manuel_Gonzales so he and his father were anxious to be taken_out of danger . |
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