Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Judge

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

A public officer, appointed to preside and to administer the law in a court of justice; the chief member of a court, and charged with the control] of proceedings and the decision of questions of law or discretion. “Judge” and “justice” (q. ¥.) are often used in substantially the same sense.