justice of peace

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In some small counties in Texas, a justice of peace might determine cause of death.

From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2023

"These are profound changes that mean the country can walk the path of social justice, of peace, of ending massacres, of stopping violence, of closing the gap of inequity... of preserving life," said Barreras.

From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2022

“I bring the blessing of community, of justice, of peace and of having been the partner of a wise and beautiful loving man.”

From New York Times • May 25, 2017

Local officials in rural West Texas, where he died, spent hours trying to locate a justice of peace after his body was discovered.

From Washington Post • Feb. 15, 2016

West Augusta, district of, 63; first justice of peace, 127.

From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold