Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Law The office or jurisdiction of a judge.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The office of a judge; authority to judge; also, the period of incumbency of a judge.
Wiktionary
- n. The office or status of a judge
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The office or position of a judge.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the position of judge
Etymologies
- judge + -ship (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Your statement that I have disgraced my judgeship is true," Ciavarella wrote in a letter to the court.”
“I don't think an SCC judgeship is a high profile position.”
“Unfortunately the real target for this judgeship is to overturn all of the federal corporate regulations, epa and entitlement programs.”
Think Progress » Alito believes Roe v. Wade is wrongly decided,
“Unless, of course, someone is nominated and confirmed by the Senate to that office or judgeship, which isn't going to happen if the Republicans want to filibuster, even if they lose the White House and are badly beaten in the Senate races this November.”
Harry Reid: We're Watching Lieberman's Conduct In Prez Race "Very Closely"
“Lazio is expected to be nominated to a judgeship, which he doesn't have to accept.”
The Huffington Post: Rick Lazio Drops Out Of Governor's Race
“One of the aldermen, Ed Smith, retired; one, Thomas Allen, was appointed a judgeship; the third, Toni Preckwinkle, had was elected to be the next Cook County Board President.”
The Huffington Post: Daley Appoints Insiders To Three Aldermanic Vacancies
“Before even applying for the Fairbanks Magistrate judgeship I spoke with members of the federal court concerning the employment of Kathleen.”
“Recess appoint Southers for the TSA job, judgeship nominees, and so on.”
“On Meet the Press on April 25, 2005, Kyl advocated for the end of filibustering judicial nominees: It has never been the rule that a candidate for judgeship that had majority support was denied the ability to be confirmed once before the Senate.”
Think Progress » Kyl: GOP Willing To Filibuster Obama’s Yet-To-Be-Named SCOTUS Nominee
“If the impeachment is successful, I hope President Obama appoints him to a federal court judgeship.”
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