justice of the peace
justice of the peace — 名詞
1. an official, often without legal training, who hears minor cases in a small loca
治安法官
在地方小型法庭審理輕微案件的官員
an official, often without legal training, who hears minor cases in a small local court; in the United States such a person may also perform marriages.
The justice of the peace fined Jabari twenty dollars for parking on the bridge.
治安法官因為 Jabari 把車停在橋上，罰了他二十美元。
subject is the official deciding a minor case
Maeve and her partner were married by a justice of the peace at the town hall.
Maeve 和她的伴侶在鎮公所由一位治安法官主持結婚。
passive: married by a justice of the peace (US marriage role)
In the small village, a local farmer served for years as the justice of the peace.
在那個小村莊，一位當地農夫擔任治安法官多年。
The town asked the justice of the peace to settle a noisy dispute between two neighbours.
鎮上請治安法官出面，調解兩戶鄰居之間的吵鬧糾紛。
Christopher swore the oath in front of a justice of the peace before signing the papers.
Christopher 在簽署文件前，當著一位治安法官的面宣誓。
- magistrate
the standard British term for a local judge in minor cases; usually interchangeable
- JP
the common abbreviation, written after a name
用法筆記
Often abbreviated to JP after a person's name in British and Commonwealth use. The power to perform marriages is mainly a United States feature; in Britain the role centres on minor criminal cases.