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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A local magistrate with limited powers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("justice of the peace" is a kind of...):
magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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