Sentences with phrase «judicial robes»

The phrase "judicial robes" refers to the long, special clothing worn by judges and other legal officials in a courtroom. It symbolizes their authority and impartiality when making decisions. Full definition
The Lord Chief Justice has begun a consultation that is expected to see all English judges except those in criminal courts wearing plain European - style judicial robes and their own «do» by Christmas time.
Judicial robes never really caught on in most of Latin and South America.
But as the political candidacy of former Chief Judge of the B.C. Provincial Court Carol Baird Ellan is showing, there is a serious danger of political blowback against the bench as an institution when one exchanges her black judicial robes for the Blue, Red or Orange colours of a political party.
Part of the change includes new, modernized judicial robes designed by British fashion designer Betty Jackson.
He was certainly one of the most lampooned, as evidenced by a recurring «Tonight Show» gag involving a dance troupe called «The Dancing Itos,» clad in glasses, beards and judicial robes.
As he prepared for the short walk to his courtroom, he reached for his judicial robe, one of three hanging in the closet of his chambers.
[1] The painting was subsequently placed near Rehnquist's coffin when his body lay in state after his death in 2005; the New York Times described the painting as showing «the four gold stripes with which the chief justice decorated each sleeve of his judicial robe and depicts him with a slightly bemused expression».
He has worn the judicial robe with honor and humility.
According to the admonition, the judge maintained a Facebook page identifying her as a judge and featuring a photograph of her in her judicial robes.
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