0 the most important judge of a law court, especially a very important court in a country
1 the judge in the highest position in a particular court of law:
Cases shall be tried by the King's Council, which included the Chancellor, Treasurer, and chief justices.
He was chief justice of the United States, and that fact gave additional weight to the mission.
He was member of Congress, governor of South Carolina, chief justice of Supreme Court.
In a corner of the room, thrown carelessly upon a chair, were the scarlet robes of the chief justice.
They begin with the house, with the family head as the chief justice and the elders of the family as the members of the jury.
He appointed a new chief justice and initiated prosecution of the old one.
At the village level, the chief is the chief justice and the members of the jury are the various family heads.
