Justice

Justice, LORD CHIEF, the title given to the chief judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; formerly given also to the chief judge of the Common Pleas. He of the Queen's Bench was, and still is, Lord Chief-justice of England; and on him were conferred, in 1881, the powers of the Lord Chief-justice of Common Pleas, that division of the court being abolished. Puisne (i.e. lesser or ordinary) judges in all divisions of the High Court bear the title of Justice, and are spoken of as 'Mr Justice Smith,' &c.