| Judge (judge) |
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| n. | (j j) |
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| Judge |
| [OE.
juge, OF. *** F. juge, fr. OF. jugier, F.
juger, to judge. See Judge, v.
i.]
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A public officer who is
invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and
to administer justice between parties in courts held for that
purpose.
One who has skill, knowledge, or
experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on
the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or
relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a
critic.
A person appointed to decide in a trial of
skill, speed, etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a
judge in a horse race.
One of the supreme
magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel
for more than four hundred years.
The title of the seventh book
of the Old Testament; the Book of Judges.
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To hear and determine, as in causes on
trial; to decide as a judge; to give judgment; to pass
sentence.
To assume the right to pass judgment on
another; to sit in judgment or commendation; to criticise or pass
adverse judgment upon others. See Judge, v.
t., 3.
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To
hear and determine by authority, as a case before a court, or a
controversy between two parties.
To examine and pass sentence on; to try;
to doom.
To arrogate judicial authority over; to
sit in judgment upon; to be censorious toward.
To determine upon or deliberation; to
esteem; to think; to reckon.
To exercise the functions of a magistrate
over; to govern.
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