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C.J.

C.J. is the abbreviation of chief judge.

C.J. is the abbreviation of chief justice.

Meaning of chief judge

Noun

chief judge (plural chief judges)

  1. (US) The principal, presiding, or most senior judge of especially a lower level court or of a circuit
  2. (US) One of the judges who preside over the sessions and deliberations of a court, while also overseeing the administration of the court

Meaning of chief justice

Noun

chief justice (plural chief justices)

  1. The senior presiding justice of a court.
    Synonyms:
    CJ

Questions about C.J.

What is C.J. the abbreviation of?
C.J. is the abbreviation of chief judge.

Words near C.J. in the dictionary

  1. c.g.
  2. c.g.s
  3. C.I.A.
  4. C.I.E.
  5. c.i.f.c.i.
  6. C.J.
  7. c.l.
  8. C.M.A.
  9. C.M.R.
  10. C.O.D.
  11. c.o.g.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: C.J. (page history and authors); chief judge (page history and authors); chief justice (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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