"lay judge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lay judges [plural]
Etymology: lay + judge Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lay|judge}} lay + judge Head templates: {{en-noun}} lay judge (plural lay judges)
  1. A lay person who acts as (or is) a judge, or who assists a (professional) judge, in a court proceeding (especially in jurisdictions which do not use juries). Translations (lay person who is judge): 國民法官 (Chinese Mandarin), 国民法官 (guómín fǎguān) (Chinese Mandarin), přísedící [masculine] (Czech), domsmand [common-gender] (Danish), lautamies (Finnish), Laienrichter [masculine] (German), Schöffe [masculine] (German), meddommer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), meddommar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nämndeman [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lay_judge-en-noun-bnyvLvu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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