Sentences with phrase «performs judicial functions»

In the West Virginia Rules of Judicial Disciplinary Procedure, «judge» is defined as anyone - whether or not a lawyer - who is an officer of a judicial system and who performs judicial functions, including but not limited to justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, circuit judges, family court judges, magistrates, mental hygiene commissioners, juvenile referees, special commissioners, and special masters.

Indeed, the ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, in the «application» section, provides that the code applies to all full - time judges, and goes on to define «judges» as «anyone who is authorized to perform judicial functions, including... a member of the administrative law judiciary.»

The education and mentoring of a justice of the peace involves exposure to the views and practices of many judicial officers who perform judicial functions in a variety of different ways.

Anyone who is an officer of the federal judicial system authorized to perform judicial functions is a judge for the purpose of this Code.

Not exact matches

This overwhelmingly «christian» congress represents an overwhelming «christian» nation has that: performs a million abortions a year, has out 40 % of births out of wedlock (approaching 70 percent in minority communities), has a Supreme Court that has ruled that virtual child pornography is protected by the first amendment, has a culture that teaches ever younger girls (through movies, music, tv, books and magazines) that their primary function is as living sex toys for men, forces religions to provide insurance to include abortifacients against their faith, and is rapidly redefining marriage by judicial edict.

The protocols promote greater cooperation and early settlement and facilitate efficient case management to control the pre-action behaviour of the parties, performing an important function in filtering out which cases require judicial attention.

The judicial function of our courts are performed in trust (Royal Prerogative), in the Queen's name by officiers of Her Majesty's Court.

As noted in that post, consular officials are only entitled to functional immunity from prosecution, i.e immunity in respect of acts performed in the exercise of her consular functions, and may be arrested for grave crimes (pursuant to a decision of a competent judicial authority).

Specifically, California Constitution Article VI, § 6 (d), which provides the authority of the Judicial Council to promulgate the Rules of Court, states that the «council shall... adopt rules for court administration, practice and procedure, and perform other functions prescribed by statute.

Education encompasses a broad variety of topics, including education on legal and jurisdictional issues, an understanding of the role of a judicial officer, ethical issues impacting on judicial conduct, the development of specific skills necessary to perform the functions of a justice of the peace, and the development of an awareness of social and cultural context in which social issues and challenges may arise and manifest themselves in judicial proceedings.

Registrar Timothy Outerbridge: As Registrar to the British Columbia Court of Appeal, he performs judicial and quasi-judicial functions, including conducting registrar's hearings, assessments and other matters set out by statute or the Rules of Court or referred by a judge of the Court of Appeal.

We would suggest that an ethics prosecution by definition is a «civil action», and as long as the actions of the judge were performed as a judicial function that judicial immunity applies.

Justices of the Peace are lay people, working and living in the community where they sit, performing a variety of judicial and quasi-judicial functions.

There are various other functions that are being performed by a Judicial law clerk which includes tackling legal issues, helping with court proceedings, analyzing legal documents to unearth facts and statistics in legal issues, etc..

Professional Experience High Court of Gujarat (Gujarat, India) 10/1998 — 5/1999 Junior Clerk • Managed all mail correspondence as well as all document filing systems, maintaining an accurate register of all information flow while working closely with the computer operator with the government facility • Assisted various operational aspects of the judicial and administrative departments, performing numerous critical clerical functions to facilitate efficient operations and service execution • Applied relevant knowledge of related legal procedures with respect to document control and records maintenance • Aided management with various other duties as assigned

(1) The Chief Justice may arrange with the chief judicial officer (however described) of another Australian court for an officer or officers of that court to perform on behalf of the Court any or all of the following functions:

(e) such other non ‑ judicial functions as are permitted by the Rules of Court to be performed under such an arrangement;

The majority of Court held the procedure provided for resulted in the position of the Federal Court Judge not being an independent one but rather «a position equivalent to that of a ministerial adviser» [43] and that this compromised «public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary as institution or in the capacity of the individual judge to perform his or her judicial functions with integrity».