sub-judge

plural sub-judges · alternative subjudge

1. A secondary or auxiliary judge.
2. IndiaThe judge of a subordinate court.

   Aziz was suing her for damages in the sub-judge’s court.

   1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, page 243

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   Incidentally, the last phase of a very old case relating to the partition of the Bhingarpur common estate was in progress at the time in the sub-judge court.

   2011, Harihar Mahapatra, translated by Ashok K Mohanty, My Life, My Work, page 196

   Synonyms: subordinate judge