Word Meanings - CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.

Related words: (words related to CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP)

• CHIEFLESS
  Without a chief or leader.
• OFFICEHOLDER
  An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
• CHIEFEST
  First or foremost; chief; principal. "Our chiefest courtier." Shak. The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.
• OFFICE WIRE
  Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
• JUSTICESHIP
  The office or dignity of a justice. Holland.
• CENTURY
  1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. And on it said a century of prayers. Shak. 2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago. Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although
• CHIEF JUSTICE
  The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief
• CHIEF HARE
  A small rodent inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. Note: It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyidæ.
• SELECTIVE
  Selecting; tending to select. This selective providence of the Almighty. Bp. Hall.
• CHIEFTAINCY; CHIEFTAINSHIP
  The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.
• OFFICER
  1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits.
• CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP
  The office of chief justice. Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.
• JUSTICEHOOD
  Justiceship. B. Jonson.
• JUSTICEMENT
  Administration of justice; procedure in courts of justice. Johnson.
• SELECTEDLY
  With care and selection.
• SELECTMAN
  One of a board of town officers chosen annually in the New England States to transact the general public business of the town, and have a kind of executive authority. The number is usually from three to seven in each town. The system of delegated
• CHIEFRIE
  A small rent paid to the lord paramount. Swift.
• CHIEFTAIN
  A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan. Syn. -- Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief. (more info) capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Captain, and see
• CHIEF
  1. Highest in office or rank; principal; head. "Chief rulers." John. xii. 42. 2. Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation;
• SELECTION
  The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. 2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books. Natural selection. See under Natural.
• POST OFFICE
  See POST
• INJUSTICE
  1. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of another or others; iniquity; wrong; unfairness; imposition. If this people resembled Nero in their extravagance, much more did they resemble and even exceed him in cruelty and injustice.
• KERCHIEF
  couvrechef, F. couvrechef, a head covering, fr. couvrir to cover + 1. A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in
• MISCHIEF
  + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See Minus, and 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or vexation caused by human agency or by some living being, intentionally or not; often, calamity, mishap; trivial evil caused by
• BOOKING OFFICE
  1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
• CROWN OFFICE
  The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
• ENKERCHIEFED
  Bound with a kerchief; draped; hooded; covered. Milton. That soft, enkerchiefed hair. M. Arnold.
• NECKERCHIEF
  A kerchief for the neck; -- called also neck handkerchief.
• MISCHIEFFUL
  Mischievous. Foote.
• MISCHIEFABLE
  Mischievous. Lydgate.
• COVERCHIEF
  A covering for the head. Chaucer.
• KERCHIEFED; KERCHIEFT
  Dressed; hooded; covered; wearing a kerchief. Milton.