âº a âcomplaint or a âstrong âfeeling that you have been âtreated unfairly: A âspecial âcommittee âinvestigates âprisonersâ grievances. (Definition of grievance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press). See all translations.
Supreme Court Justice. one of the nine judges of the US Supreme Court. Each Supreme Court Justice is chosen by the President of the US and must then be accepted by Congress, and they usually have this position for the rest of their lives. The most important judge is called the Chief Justice. Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
The Chief Justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for the federal courts and, as head of the Judicial Conference of the United States, appoints the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.