Justice of the Peace
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A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission (Letters Patent) to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the Peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have a formal legal education in order to qualify for the office. Some jurisdictions have varying forms of training for JPs (for example Arizona, Victoria and the United Kingdom).
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See also
- District Courts of Scotland
- Notary public
- Magistrate
- Courts of Canada
- Justice Courts (New York)
- Solicitor General (disambiguation)
- Peace Commissioner the office that replaced Justice of the Peace in Ireland
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