Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office or jurisdiction of a judge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of a judge; authority to judge; also, the period of incumbency of a judge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or position of a judge.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The office or status of a
judge
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position of judge
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Your statement that I have disgraced my judgeship is true," Ciavarella wrote in a letter to the court.
Pennsylvania judges admit taking bribes to jail teenagers 2009
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I don't think an SCC judgeship is a high profile position.
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Unfortunately the real target for this judgeship is to overturn all of the federal corporate regulations, epa and entitlement programs.
Think Progress » Alito believes Roe v. Wade is wrongly decided, 2005
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Unless, of course, someone is nominated and confirmed by the Senate to that office or judgeship, which isn't going to happen if the Republicans want to filibuster, even if they lose the White House and are badly beaten in the Senate races this November.
Harry Reid: We're Watching Lieberman's Conduct In Prez Race "Very Closely" 2009
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One of the aldermen, Ed Smith, retired; one, Thomas Allen, was appointed a judgeship; the third, Toni Preckwinkle, had was elected to be the next Cook County Board President.
Daley Appoints Insiders To Three Aldermanic Vacancies Will Guzzardi 2011
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Before even applying for the Fairbanks Magistrate judgeship I spoke with members of the federal court concerning the employment of Kathleen.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Joe Miller's Wife Took Unemployment Benefits After Working for Him AlaskaDispatch.com 2010
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Lazio is expected to be nominated to a judgeship, which he doesn't have to accept.
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Before even applying for the Fairbanks Magistrate judgeship I spoke with members of the federal court concerning the employment of Kathleen.
AlaskaDispatch.com: Joe Miller's Wife Took Unemployment Benefits After Working for Him AlaskaDispatch.com 2010
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Lazio is expected to be nominated to a judgeship, which he doesn't have to accept.
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One of the aldermen, Ed Smith, retired; one, Thomas Allen, was appointed a judgeship; the third, Toni Preckwinkle, had was elected to be the next Cook County Board President.
Daley Appoints Insiders To Three Aldermanic Vacancies Will Guzzardi 2011
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