Justice of the Peace

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
JP
Pronunciation
/ˈʤəstɪs əv ðə pis/
Category
Community
Related Field
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Examples in Context

  1. And she did, when the justice of the peace declared them man and wife.
  2. Magistrates or Justice of the Peace(JP) : They know little about law and receive no pay for their work.
  3. He is the justice of the peace that jug me for a vagrant.
  4. We carried him by the lug and the horn before a justice of the peace.
  5. In the first years I was elected here an honourary justice of the peace.

Other meanings of JP