S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
S: (n) apparatchik (a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization)) "Democratic apparatchiks"
S: (n) caretaker (an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily) "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"
S: (n) censor (a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable)
S: (n) hearing examiner, hearing officer (an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers)
S: (n) Inquisitor (an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition)
S: (n) invalidator, voider, nullifier (an official who can invalidate or nullify) "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"
S: (n) judge, justice, jurist (a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice)
S: (n) licenser (an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications))
S: (n) officeholder, officer (someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust) "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"
S: (n) provincial ((Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order) "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"
W: (v) judge [Related to: judge] (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of) "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
W: (v) adjudicate [Related to: judge] (put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of) "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
W: (v) adjudicate [Related to: judge] (bring to an end; settle conclusively) "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
W: (n) jurisprudence [Related to: jurist] (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
W: (n) jurisprudence [Related to: jurist] (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)