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judge Definition

judge (juj)

noun

  1. an elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law
  2. a person designated to determine the winner in a contest, settle a controversy, etc.
  3. a person qualified to give an opinion or decide on the relative worth of anything a good judge of music
  4. Jewish History any of the governing leaders of the Israelites after Joshua and before the time of the kings

Etymology: ME juge < OFr < L judex, a judge, lit., one who points out the right < jus, law + dicere, to say, point out: see jury & diction

transitive verb, intransitive verb judged, judg′·ing

  1. to hear and pass judgment on (persons or cases) in a court of law
  2. to determine the winner of (a contest) or settle (a controversy)
  3. to decree
  4. to form an idea, opinion, or estimate about (any matter)
  5. to criticize or censure
  6. to think or suppose
  7. Jewish History to govern

Etymology: ME juggen < OFr juger, jugier < L judicare, to judge, declare the law < judex: see judgethe

judge Related Forms
judg′er noun
judge Synonyms

judge

n.

  1. A legal official

    justice, magistrate, chancellor, justice of the peace (JP), chief justice, associate justice, circuit judge, county judge, judge of the district court, appeals judge, surrogate, jurist, master of assize, marshal of assize, chancery judge, tribune, bencher, hanging judge*; see also judiciary.

  2. A moderator

    referee, umpire, arbitrator, arbiter, adjudicator, mediator, ombudsman, interpreter, inspector, negotiator, intercessor, final authority, go-between, assessor, ump*.

  3. A connoisseur

    expert, authority, professional; see connoisseur, critic 2, specialist.

judge is applied to one who, by the authority vested in him or her by expertness of knowledge, is qualified to settle a controversy or decide on the relative merit of things a judge of a beauty contest; arbiter emphasizes the authoritativeness of decision of one whose judgment in a particular matter is considered indisputable an arbiter of the social graces; referee and umpire both apply to a person to whom anything is referred for decision or settlement a referee in bankruptcy and, in sports, to officials charged with the regulation of a contest, ruling on the plays in a game, etc. a referee in boxing, basketball, etc., an umpire in baseball, cricket, etc.

judge Synonyms

judge

v.

  1. To pass judgment

    adjudge, adjudicate, try, hear, sit in judgment, doom, sentence, act on, find, rule, give a hearing to, hold the scales, arbitrate, referee.

  2. To form an opinion

    conclude, infer, suppose, assess; see decide, estimate 1, 2, resolve 2. See syn. study at infer.

judge Law Definition

n

An appointed or elected official responsible for conducting a court in which he or she resolves legal controversies.
judge Usage Examples

Object

  • panel: In 1996 she chaired the judging panel of the Booker Prize.

Converse of object

  • impress: All 4 riders had two attempts at the kicker to impress the judges.
  • preside: The presiding judge announced on 8 May that the court will give its verdict on 5 June.
  • appoint: Judicial: The central Supreme Court of Justice is comprised of nine judges appointed for 10-year terms.
  • persuade: Federal prosecutors filed them in court as part of their attempts to persuade a judge to keep Karni behind bars before his trial.
  • convince: The handlers, in this instance, must convince the judges that the original software has been reloaded.

Subject

  • panel: Entries will be judged by a panel appointed by Samaritans.

Adjective modifier

  • deputy: The notice of application was returnable before a district judge or a deputy district judge.
  • retired: A number of retired judges are authorized to sit in one or more of these jurisdictions.
  • senior: Likewise, one of our senior judges has observed extra-judicially that the interpretation of a statue 'is not a science.
  • impartial: The question posed in the NY Times nevertheless is whether critics with such outsize public images can really claim to be impartial judges?

Modifies a noun

  • toulmin: JUDGE TOULMIN: You could ask for an injunction restraining your clients from taking any further action in relation to MR.

Noun used with modifier

  • district: A district judge would have to decide whether CSA could simultaneously apply for a charging order.
  • trial: Essentially, the House of Lords decision in A requires trial judges to read s. 41 in a manner compatible with Art.
  • circuit: In Illinois, all circuit judges earn the same.
  • court: Last year a high court judge, Mr Justice Johnson, ruled that her marriage was void because of a 1970 ruling.

Possessives

  • ruling: He was not in court to hear the judges ' ruling.
  • verdict: In the lion's den he awaited the judge's verdict.

Present participle complement

  • accord: Whether or not the consequences are worse is to be judged according to the PGC, in relation to the generic rights violated.

Preposition: by

  • panel: Entries will be judged by a panel appointed by Samaritans.
judge Quotes

Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

—Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'FlahertieWills

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.

—Algren, Nelson

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or unjustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge. 444

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Here comes the judge.

—Markham, Dewey 'Pigmeat'

History may judge my politics†readers may judge my books.

—Hobsbawm, Eric (John Ernest)

'I'll be judge, I'll be jury,'said cunning old Fury; 'I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.'

—Dodgson

Come sleep,O sleep, the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low.

—Shute, Nevil originally Nevil Shute Norway

And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

—Bible (NewTestament)

   You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

—Connor, Sir William Neil pseudonym Cassandra

On jugerait bien plus s u" rement un homme d'apre'  s ce qu'il re"  ve que d'apre'  s ce qu'il pense. We would judge a man more certainlyaccording to his dreams than to his thoughts.

—Hugo,Victor Marie

   The feelings withwhichwe facethisnewage of right and opportunity sweep across our heartstrings like some air out of God's own presence, where justice and mercyare reconciled, and the judge and the brother are one.

—Wilson, (Thomas) Woodrow

The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.

—Goldsmith, Oliver

A tal punto me hunden mis palabras, como dichas por

—Carpentier, Alejo

The function of criticism is the reeducation of perception of works of art† The conception that its business is to appraise, to judge in the legal and moral sense, arrests the perception of those who are influenced by the criticism that assumes this task.

—Dewey,John

A judge is not supposed to know anything about the facts of life until they have been presented in evidence and explained to him at least three times.

—Parker, Hubert Lister

Oh,God! that men would see a little clearer, Or judge less harshly where they cannot see; Oh,God! that men would draw a little nearer To one another, they'd be nearer Thee, And understood.

—Bracken,Thomas

   Judgenot, that yebe not judged.For withwhat judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

—Bible (NewTestament)

My soul; sit thou a patient looker-on; Judge not the play before the play is done: Her plot hath many changes, every day Speaks a new scene; the last act crowns the play.

—Quarles, Francis

Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name J, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: buttherebellious dwell ina dry land.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!

—Pope, Alexander

Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.

—Penn,William

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

—Bible (Old Testament)

I am as sober as a Judge.

—Fielding, Henry

   And he said,Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?

—Bible (Old Testament)

You wags that judge by rote, and damn by rule.

—Otway,Thomas

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