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- noun The senior presiding
justice of a court.
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Examples
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On the safeguards, the former Chief Justice said the Supreme Court has "enunciated" a principle that death penalty should be imposed in the "rarest of the rare cases only".
HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010
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Mindful of his senate testimony, the Chief Justice wrote a 14-page mea culpa (in legal parlance called a concurring opinion) explaining why his vote to overrule earlier cases did not overrule his testimony before the U.S. S.nate.
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On the safeguards, the former Chief Justice said the Supreme Court has "enunciated" a principle that death penalty should be imposed in the "rarest of the rare cases only".
HindustanTimes.com - Top HomePage-TopStories News Headlines 2010
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Mindful of his senate testimony, the Chief Justice wrote a 14-page mea culpa (in legal parlance called a concurring opinion) explaining why his vote to overrule earlier cases did not overrule his testimony before the U.S. S.nate.
CounterPunch 2010
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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Imran Khan, the former cricketer turned politician, is urging Pakistan's new Chief Justice to keep up pressure on President Asif Zardari.
Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009
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