"chief justice" meaning in English

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǒuxí fǎguān",
          "sense": "senior justice",
          "word": "首席法官"
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          "roman": "dàfǎguān",
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          "word": "大法官"
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          "sense": "senior justice",
          "word": "oikeuden puheenjohtaja"
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          "sense": "senior justice",
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          "word": "juge en chef"
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          "roman": "mukhya nyāyādhīś",
          "sense": "senior justice",
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          "word": "मुख्य न्यायाधीश"
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          "sense": "senior justice",
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          "word": "príomh-bhreitheamh"
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          "word": "ketua hakim"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "senior justice",
          "word": "kaiwhakawā tumuaki"
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          "code": "ta",
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          "roman": "talaimai nītipati",
          "sense": "senior justice",
          "word": "தலைமை நீதிபதி"
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          "sense": "senior justice",
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          "word": "منصفِ اعظم"
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      "roman": "shǒuxí fǎguān",
      "sense": "senior justice",
      "word": "首席法官"
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      "sense": "senior justice",
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      "word": "juge en chef"
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      "word": "मुख्य न्यायाधीश"
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      "word": "príomh-bhreitheamh"
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      "sense": "senior justice",
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      "sense": "senior justice",
      "word": "kaiwhakawā tumuaki"
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      "sense": "senior justice",
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