A judge of the English court of general or quarter sessions in Middlesex. He differs from the other justices in being a barrister of ten years’ standing, and In heing salaried. St. 7 & 8 VicL c. 71; 22 & 23 Vlct. c. 4; Pritch. Quar. Sees. 31
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
