JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does justice of the peace mean? 

• JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (noun)
  The noun JUSTICE OF THE PEACE has 1 sense:

1. a local magistrate with limited powers

  Familiarity information: JUSTICE OF THE PEACE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A local magistrate with limited powers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("justice of the peace" is a kind of...):

magistrate (a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses))

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)