English > chief justice: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | The judge who presides over a supreme court. |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Instances | Burger, Warren Burger, Warren E. Burger, Warren Earl Burger | United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court by Richard Nixon (1907-1995) |
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| Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chase | United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873) |
| Ellsworth, Oliver Ellsworth | United States jurist and the third chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1807) |
| Fuller, Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller | United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910) |
| Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1862-1948) |
| Jay, John Jay | United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829) |
| Marshall, John Marshall | United States jurist |
| Rehnquist, William Rehnquist, William Hubbs Rehnquist | United States jurist who served as an associate justice on the United States Supreme Court from 1972 until 1986, when he was appointed chief justice (born in 1924) |
| Rutledge, John Rutledge | United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court |
| Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone | United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) |
| Taft, William Howard Taft, President Taft | 27th President of the United States and later chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1857-1930) |
| Taney, Roger Taney, Roger Brooke Taney | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court |
| Vinson, Frederick Moore Vinson | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the Supreme Court (1890-1953) |
| Waite, Morrison Waite, Morrison R. Waite, Morrison Remick Waite | United States jurist who was appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1874 by President Grant (1816-1888) |
| Warren, Earl Warren | United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1891-1974) |
| White, Edward White, Edward D. White, Edward Douglas White Jr. | United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft |
| Broader | judge, justice, jurist | A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
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| Spanish | Presidente del Tribunal Supremo |
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| Catalan | President del Tribunal Suprem |
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