Justice of the Peace

English

Noun

Justice of the Peace (plural Justices of the Peace)

1. A judicial officer with varying responsibilities depending on the jurisdiction.

   Synonyms: JP, J.P. (abbreviation)

Translations

judicial officer

• Afrikaans: vrederegter
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мирови съдия́ m (mirovi sǎdijá), мирова съдия́ f (mirova sǎdijá)
• Catalan: jutge de pau m, jutgessa de pau f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 太平紳士／太平绅士 (taai³ ping⁴ san¹ si⁶)

  Mandarin: 太平紳士／太平绅士 (zh) (tàipíng shēnshì), 治安法官 (zhì'ān fǎguān) (for those with judicial power)

• Czech: smírčí soudce m, smírčí soudkyně f
• Danish: fredsdommer c
• Dutch: vrederechter (nl) m
• Estonian: rahukohtunik
• Finnish: rauhantuomari
• French: juge de paix (fr) m or f
• German: Friedensrichter (de) m, Friedensrichterin f
• Hungarian: békebíró (hu)
• Italian: giudice di pace m
• Japanese: 治安判事 (ちあんはんじ, chian-hanji)
• Kazakh: бітістіруші сот (bıtıstıruşı sot)
• Korean: 치안판사(治安判事) (chianpansa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dadgerê levanînê

• Latvian: miertiesnesis m, miertiesnese f
• Luxembourgish: Friddensriichter m, Friddensriichterin f
• Malay: Jaksa Pendamai
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fredsdommer m

  Nynorsk: fredsdommar m, fredsdomar m

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: sędzia pokoju m, sędzina pokoju f
• Portuguese: juiz de paz (pt) m, juíza de paz f
• Russian: мирово́й судья́ (ru) m (mirovój sudʹjá), мирова́я судья́ f (mirovája sudʹjá)
• Spanish: juez de paz (es) m, jueza de paz f
• Swedish: fredsdomare (sv) c
• Tagalog: Hukom Pamayapa
• Tamil: சமாதான நீதவான் (camātāṉa nītavāṉ)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: мирови́й суддя́ f (myrovýj suddjá)
• Volapük: (masculine or feminine) püdacödal, (masculine) püdahicödal, püdajicödal
• West Frisian: frederjochter m