Judge Dʒʌdʒ Court Person Case Noun High Federal/District

• a high court judge
• a federal/district judge
• the presiding trial judge
• to appoint a judge

judge

1. a person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions
• COMPARE Justice of the Peace
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/justice-of-the-peace
• a High Court judge
• a federal/district judge
• the presiding trial judge
• to appoint a judge
• The case comes before Judge Cooper next week.
• He will appear before a judge tomorrow.
• The judge sentenced him to five years in prison.
• The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible.

Extra Examples

• A judge ordered her to be remanded in custody.
• The judge in the case reminded the jury not to discuss the case outside the courtroom.
• Appeals court judges overturned the previous ruling.
• She has a reputation as a liberal, activist judge.
• The judge awarded him damages of £20 000.
2. a person who decides who has won a competition
• SEE ALSO touch judge
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/touch-judge
• The judges' decision is final.
• She has joined the panel of judges in the popular TV talent show.
• She was invited to be a judge in a cookery competition.
3. a person who has the necessary knowledge or skills to give their opinion about the value or quality of somebody/something
• She's a good judge of character.
• He was a shrewd judge of people.
• The last singer was the best—not that I'm any judge (= I do not know much about the subject).
• ‘I'm not sure that's a good way to do it.’ ‘Let me be the judge of that.’

Extra Examples

• She's usually a pretty shrewd judge of character.
• You are the best judge of what your body needs.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French juge (noun), juger (verb), from Latin judex, judic-, from jus ‘law’ + dicere ‘to say’.