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rent-a-judges

rent-a-judges is the plural of rent-a-judge.

Meaning of rent-a-judge

Noun

rent-a-judge (countable and uncountable, plural rent-a-judges)

  1. (derogatory, uncountable) A system of arbitration in a private court, with a hired judge acting as a arbitrator.
    • Perhaps most importantly, Koford did not think that rent-a-judge is available only to the wealthy.1981, California Lawyer
  2. (countable, derogatory) A judge in such a private court.
    • Unlike their public court counterparts, rent-a-judges do not pass through the screening process of public election or governmental appointment.2005 October 20, Simon Roberts, Michael Palmer, Dispute Processes: ADR and the Primary Forms of Decision-Making, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 344

Questions about rent-a-judges

What is rent-a-judges the plural of?
Rent-a-judges is the plural of rent-a-judge.

Words near rent-a-judges in the dictionary

  1. rent-a-gob
  2. rent-a-gobs
  3. rent-a-john
  4. rent-a-johns
  5. rent-a-judge
  6. rent-a-judges
  7. rent-a-mob
  8. rent-a-mobs
  9. rent-a-quote
  10. rent-a-quotes
  11. rent-a-thug

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