sub-judge

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

sub- +‎ judge

Noun

sub-judge (plural sub-judges)

  1. A secondary or auxiliary judge.
  2. (India) The judge of a subordinate court.
    Synonym: subordinate judge
    • 1924, E. M. Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, page 243:
      Aziz was suing her for damages in the sub-judge’s court.
    • 2011, Harihar Mahapatra, translated by Ashok K Mohanty, My Life, My Work, page 196:
      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.

Descendants
  • → Bengali: সবজজ (śobojoj), সাবজজ (sabjoj)
  • → Odia: ସବ୍ ଜଜ୍ (sôb jôj)
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