Sentence examples for lay justices from inspiring English sources

In 1964 elementary judicial training for lay justices was introduced; this is now regulated by the Judicial Studies Board.

The report of a royal commission on justices of the peace in 1948 strongly defended the position of lay justice against public criticism; its cautious recommendations as to the appointment of justices and as to the organization of their courts were largely put into effect by the Justices of the Peace Act (1949) and the Magistrates' Courts Act (1980).

"Mac is lying, and he knows he's lying," Justice said Thursday in a telephone interview.

The commission should look at extending the scope and remit of magistrates: a system in England, established almost 700 years ago by Edward I, to appoint voluntary lay people (justices of the peace), advised by a qualified lawyer, to administer prompt justice at reasonable cost.

Now what we were getting into, in addition to some lingering practical mysteries, was the human mystery: depression, loneliness, isolation, grief, intolerance, bodily pain, emotional pain, greed, laws, lies, truth, justice.

The issue, in his view, was the broader slide into mob rule happening throughout America, and he wrote, "When the question lies between justice regularly administered or the wild vengeance of a mob then there is but one side on which the patriot and Christian can rally".

But the foundations of the new system of international criminal justice lay not in Africa, but Europe.

He'll lay out a justice reform plan this week.

It was this community that lay behind Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' applause for the new income tax.

Scalia's seat on the Supreme Court bench was draped in black earlier this week, and the justice lay in repose at the court Friday, as the public lined up to pay their respects.

A Solemn Day at the Supreme Court Judge John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor yesterday at the Supreme Court, where the body of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist lay.