Chief Justice

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judicial office legal role public office

The Chief Justice is the highest-ranking judge and head of the judiciary in a supreme court system, overseeing its administration and often presiding over its most important cases.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Honourable Chief Justice	8
Chief Justice canonical	7
Chief Justice of Canada	1
Chief Justice of Pennsylvania	1
Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court	1
Chief Justice of the Philippines	1
The Honourable the Chief Justice	1
chief justice	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial office ⓘ legal role ⓘ public office ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	case assignment in the supreme court ⓘ court rules and procedures (subject to law) ⓘ judicial administration of the highest court ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	supreme court ⓘ
hasPower	administrative supervision of lower courts (in some systems) ⓘ assigning opinion writing (in some systems) ⓘ influencing court agenda (in some systems) ⓘ
hasResponsibility	ensuring impartial administration of justice ⓘ maintaining judicial standards ⓘ upholding the constitution (in constitutional courts) ⓘ
hasRole	assigning judges to panels or benches ⓘ ensuring efficient operation of courts ⓘ overseeing judicial administration ⓘ presiding over important cases ⓘ presiding over the supreme court ⓘ representing the judiciary in official functions ⓘ supervising court management ⓘ
hasSymbolicRole	leading figure of the national judiciary ⓘ
hasTermType	fixed term (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ tenure until retirement age (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ
isA	head of judiciary ⓘ highest-ranking judge in a court system ⓘ
isOftenStyle	Chief Justice of [Country] ⓘ Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ⓘ
isPartOf	judicial branch of government ⓘ
isRelatedTo	Associate Justice ⓘ Supreme Court ⓘ judicial independence ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
isSubClassOf	chief judge ⓘ court leader ⓘ judge ⓘ
mayBeAppointedBy	head of government ⓘ head of state ⓘ Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ surface form: judicial appointments commission
mayChair	judicial council (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ Judicial Appointments Commission ⓘ surface form: judicial service commission (in some jurisdictions)
mayParticipateIn	appointment of other judges (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ disciplinary proceedings against judges (in some jurisdictions) ⓘ
requiresQualification	eligibility to serve as a judge of the supreme court ⓘ judicial experience ⓘ legal training ⓘ
typicallyPresidesOver	cases of exceptional public importance ⓘ constitutional cases ⓘ full court sittings ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice of Japan → officeHoldersTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

Supreme Court of Canada → hasPosition → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Justice of Canada

Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands → chiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Philippines → composition → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Philippines

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. → positionHeld → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory → hasStyleOfChiefJustice → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania → hasChiefJustice → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chief Justice of Pennsylvania

judicial branch of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → headOfJudiciaryTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

Chief Justice of Singapore → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable the Chief Justice

Kawab → title → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: chief justice

Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt → relatedTo → Chief Justice ⓘ

Chief Justice of Ireland → officeHolderTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

Sir Michael Hardie Boys → hasTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

Supreme Court of Mauritius → composition → Chief Justice ⓘ

Chief Justice of Jamaica → officeHoldersTitle → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

CJP → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Justice of Pakistan

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

Chief Justice of Kenya → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

Chief Justice of Barbados → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice

Chief Justice of Bermuda → style → Chief Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Honourable Chief Justice