judicial office

C940
concept

A judicial office is an official position within the judiciary in which an individual is authorized to interpret and apply the law, preside over legal proceedings, and issue binding decisions.

All labels observed (37)

Label Occurrences
judicial office canonical 294
magistrate 35
court official 20

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: judicial office
Generated description
A judicial office is an official position within the judiciary in which an individual is authorized to interpret and apply the law, preside over legal proceedings, and issue binding decisions.

Instances (382)

Instance Via concept surface
Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
magister officiorum (disputed in sources)
surface form: magister officiorum
court official
Edmund Quincy magistrate
Vice-President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
al-Aziz of Egypt court official
John Hathorne magistrate
President of the European Court of Human Rights
Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court
Henry Fielding magistrate
The Queen’s Remembrancer
surface form: Queen’s Remembrancer
Chief Justice of Australia
Chief Justice of Ireland
Sir Watkyn Bassett magistrate
First Deemster (on advice)
President of the King’s Bench Division
President of the Family Division
Chancellor of the High Court
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
President of the Constitutional Court (Portugal)
President of the International Court of Justice
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
The Judge Advocate General (as legal advisor to the Secretariat and Army Staff) senior legal officer position
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (Australia) statutory office
Fiske
surface form: Chief Justice of the United States
Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court
Chief Justice of Iran
Chief Justice of Zimbabwe
Chief Justice of Sudan
Recorder of London
Deputy Chief Justice of Zimbabwe
Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire
Jonathan Corwin magistrate
Conseiller d'État
Baron Clyde judicial title
Lord Justice judicial title
Lord Justice of Appeal
The Right Honourable Lady Justice judicial title
Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales
Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
President of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Chief Justice of Canada
Michael Psellos court official
Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal
Chief High Court Judge of New Zealand
President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
Chief Justice of India
Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists statutory office
Gedney
surface form: Bartholomew Gedney
magistrate
Chief Justice of Jamaica
Justice of the Peace for Lancashire judicial office in England