ADJ
- experienced
- learned
- senior
- presiding, trial
- deputy
- appeal (court), appellate, circuit, county court, district, federal, High Court, Supreme Court
VERB + JUDGE
- be, sit as
- By next year you could be sitting as a High Court judge
- appoint (sb as)
JUDGE + VERB
- preside, sit
- Which judge will be sitting next week?
- call sb
- The judge called the remaining witness for the Crown
- direct sb
- The judge must direct the jury on points of law
- consider sth
- accept sth, admit sth
- The judge admitted the notes of the interview as evidence
- dismiss sth, refuse sth, reject sth
- The trial judge dismissed her compensation claim
- conclude sth, decide sth, find sth, hold sth, rule sth, uphold sth
- The judge held that the company had been negligent
- sum up
- The judge summed up and the jury retired to consider its verdict
- sentence sb
- order sth
- The judge ordered the company to pay compensation to the claimant
- award (sb) sth, grant (sb) sth
- The judge awarded him damages of £ 20,000
QUANT
- panel
- a panel of independent judges
VERB + JUDGE
- choose sb/sth, decide sth
PHRASES
- the judges' decision
- The judges' decision on the entries is final
ADJ
- astute, good, great, shrewd
- You are the best judge of what your body needs. a shrewd judge of character
- poor
- impartial
PREP
- ~ of
- He is a good judge of footballing talent