JUDGE ORDINARY


Meaning of JUDGE ORDINARY in English

noun

( plural judges ordinary )

Etymology: translation of Medieval Latin judex ordinarius

1. : a judge having jurisdiction in his own right

English prelates who were sitting … not as judges ordinary but as mere delegates of the pope — Frederick Pollock & F.W.Maitland

— compare judge delegate

2. : a judge having ecclesiastical or probate jurisdiction

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.