presiding judge

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meaningsofpresidingandjudge

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presiding
adjective
uk
/prɪˈzaɪ.dɪŋ/us
/prɪˈzaɪ.dɪŋ/
in charge of a formal meeting, ceremony, ...
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judge
noun[C]
uk
/dʒʌdʒ/us
/dʒʌdʒ/
a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on ...
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(Definition ofpresidingandjudgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is nopresidingjudge, with all that that means in the administration of justice.
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It must be with thepresidingjudge.
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The same judge presided at the initial trial in 1994 and remains thepresidingjudgein the current retrial.
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There is still anxiety about the role of the prosecutor as distinct from the role of thepresidingjudgein the judicial examination.
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Thepresidingjudgesums up his judgment in this way.
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The advice of a practising first instance judge and apresidingjudgewould have been an invaluable addition to this body.
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Therefore, one would have a committee of exactly seven lawyers and seven laymen with apresidingjudge.
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The royal coat of arms has traditionally been set above apresidingjudge.
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That piece of paper could be put into a sealed envelope and not shown to thepresidingjudge.
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Therefore, surely it is right, indeed necessary, that there should be apresidingjudgeand a circuit judge on the committee.
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It is one thing to say that different courts may impose different sentences because of the personality or views of thepresidingjudge.
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The county also claimed that further housing growth would seriously jeopardise its rural environment, and designated areas received much sympathy from thepresidingjudge.
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It is not just that thepresidingjudgeat the time of the trial does not have the information; no one has the information then.
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Increasing the scale in suitable cases and giving a right of appeal to thepresidingjudgefor the aggrieved juror would overcome a real difficulty.
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The report set out in some detail the main administrative functions of thepresidingjudge.
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We understand that attendance in the court is a matter for thepresidingjudge.
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They caused thepresidingjudgeto complain that the sentence of three months was inadequate.
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When consecutive sentences are imposed, classically, and rightly, that is within the province of thepresidingjudge.
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We are giving thepresidingjudge, on his own initiative and without limitation, power to remove the accused for the whole of the trial.
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Apresidingjudgeof course has very heavy responsibilities during his tenure as apresidingjudge.
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