Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    A judge Of the English court of general or quarter sessions in Middlesex. He differs from the other Justices in being a barrister of ten years' standing, and in being salaried. St. 7 & 8 Viet. c. 71; 22 & 23 Viet. c. 4; Pritch. Quar. Sess. 31.