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A justice of the peace in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, hears a case (1941). A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning.
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The post was formally known as Justice of the Peace and Un-Official Police Magistrate (JP UPM) when the magistrate courts were known as police magistrate courts. Under the Ordinance No. 16 on 1865 section 28 , unofficial magistrates had powers to appoint persons to the special police reserve , where requested to do by a Superintendent of Police ...
This category is for justices of the peace in the United States which are judicial officers.. In some states, such as Texas, Kentucky, and Arkansas a "justice of the peace" is a legislative office equivalent to a county commissioner, not a judicial office.
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The Country Justice was one of many, but perhaps the most influential, of legal handbooks through which English common law entered into the legal system of early settlement in New England. Dalton was a justice of the peace in Cambridge and wrote this handbook to guide local justices of the peace who had no formal legal training. The simple ...
The Justices of the Peace Act 1361 permitted a justice of the peace to bind over people who disturbed the peace to provide recognisance to ensure their future good conduct. [9] [3] A breach of the peace can occur at any place, including private houses. The modern definition of a breach of the peace is: There is a Breach of the Peace when,