Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands

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chief justice judicial office public office

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands is the highest-ranking judicial officer in the U.S. Virgin Islands, leading its supreme court and overseeing the territory’s judicial system.

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Label	Occurrences
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chief justice ⓘ judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentRequires	advice and consent of the Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
confersMembership	membership in the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
country	United States Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
eligibleFor	reappointment subject to territorial law ⓘ
formation	after establishment of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	administrative functions of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ case assignment within the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ judicial administration of lower territorial courts, subject to law ⓘ
hasDuty	assign judicial responsibilities among justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ ensure efficient operation of courts in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ oversee administration of the Virgin Islands court system ⓘ oversee implementation of court rules and procedures in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ participate in appellate decision-making of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ preside over sessions of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ represent the judiciary of the United States Virgin Islands in official functions ⓘ
hasSymbolicRole	symbolic head of justice in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf	judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
jurisdiction	territorial judiciary of the United States Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalAuthority	rules of court adopted by the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ territorial statutes of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
legalSystem	United States Virgin Islands judicial system ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeCreatedBy	Virgin Islands Code NERFINISHED ⓘ territorial legislation of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
officeHolderRole	head of the judiciary of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ presiding officer of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
officeScope	territorial ⓘ
officeType	non-federal territorial judicial office ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInHierarchy	highest-ranking judicial officer in the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
relatedTo	Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ
replaces	role of highest-ranking judge under prior appellate structure for the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
seat	Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands courthouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ laws of the United States ⓘ
termOfOffice	defined by territorial law of the United States Virgin Islands ⓘ
worksIn	United States Virgin Islands court system NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

judicial branch of the United States Virgin Islands → overseenBy → Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands ⓘ