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    A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. In...
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    "No justice, no peace" is a political slogan which originated during protests against acts of ethnic violence against African Americans. Its precise meaning...
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  • Justice and Peace may refer to the ideal of peace based on justice, or to institutions working towards this ideal such as: Justice and Peace Alliance (Kuwait)...
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  • institution of the office of Justice of the Peace. In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, breach of the peace is descended from the Justices of the Peace Act...
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    A justice of the peace court is the lowest authoritative type of criminal court in Scotland. The court operates under summary procedure and deals primarily...
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    The Justice and Peace Alliance (Arabic: تجمع العدالة والسلام), sometimes translated as the Justice and Peace Gathering, is a moderate Shi'a political bloc...
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    The Justices of the Peace Act 1361 (34 Edw. 3. c. 1) is an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act, although amended, remains enforceable in England...
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  • justices to the positions of Associate Chief Justice and Associate Chief Justice-Coordinator of Justices of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice...
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    The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching...
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    types of magistrates in England and Wales: Justices of the Peace, and District Judges (formerly known as stipendiary magistrates). Justices of the peace (JPs)...
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  • The justice of the peace was a court official that existed at the county or district level in from the colonial period of the Province of North Carolina...
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  • The Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party (GMPJP), known as the Liberty Union Party (LUP) until 2021, is a political party active in the U.S. state of...
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    Court and Justice of the Peace Court Airdrie Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Annexe Alloa Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court Ayr...
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  • Members group of Peace and Justice (Korean: 평화와 정의의 의원 모임), or Peace and Justice (Korean: 평화와 정의) for short, is a South Korean parliamentary grouping that...
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    sheriffs. In 2014, Justice of the Peace courts replaced the previous district courts. In Justice of the Peace courts, lay justices of the peace work with a legally...
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    democratisation, human rights, social justice, welfare, development, and producing sustainable forms of peace. A proliferation of international organisations,...
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  • or a Justice of the Peace. A peace bond is usually issued when the Crown Prosecutor is convinced that a strong case does not exist against the accused...
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    train fare evasion etc) can be dealt with by a single justice of the peace under the single justice procedure. Defendants may hire a solicitor or barrister...
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  • enforcing the king's peace (besides the king himself) included the King's Bench and various local officials, including the sheriff, coroner, justice of the peace...
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    The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown...
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    Squire (redirect from The Armour-Bearer)
    the title given to justices of the peace or similar local dignitaries.[citation needed] Squire is a shortened version of the word esquire, from the Old...
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    Judge (redirect from Justice (official))
    "Your Ladyship". Justices of the peace in justice of the peace courts are addressed and referred to as "Your Honour". The judicial system of Northern Ireland...
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    referendum. Since December 2020, Lockwood has served as a Justice of the Peace in the state of Victoria. Lockwood was born in 1977 in Wellington, New Zealand...
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    in charge of various administrative duties, such as the checking of weights and measures. By 1509, justices of the peace were key enforcers of law and order...
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    are required in support of each crucial fact before an accused can be convicted. In Scotland there are justice of the peace courts and sheriff courts...
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    Riot Act (redirect from Read the Riot Act)
    then every such justice of the peace, sheriff, under-sheriff, mayor, bailiff, head-officer, high or petty constable, or other peace-officer, and all...
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    Esquire (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    as justices of the peace, sheriffs, and sergeants. The 1826 edition of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England reiterated that "the title...
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    The lady chief justice of England and Wales (alternatively Lord Chief Justice when the holder is male) is the head of the judiciary of England and Wales...
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    selected from the local community, who deal with a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. They are also known as Justices of the Peace. In the adult criminal...
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  • by a judge or justice of the peace under the Criminal Code. Once the warrant has been issued, section 29 of the code requires that the arresting officer...
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