associate justice

associate justice
A justice of an appellate court who sits and decides with a chief justice and one or more other associate justices. In a case at bar, his opinion is as conclusive as that of the chief justice, although the latter is in charge of the administration of the court business.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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