Surely we pay judges to pass sentence and the court of appeal to review them?

In that case the judge passed a six months' suspended prison sentence, allowing the defendant to walk free from the court.

Otherwise, his lawyer said, the minimum sentence the judge can pass is seven and a half years in jail.

Not the usual judges of an art show's fitness, and the works ultimately passed muster.

All four judges passed him through to the next round with flying colors.

The judge passed a hand over his puzzled eyes.

On 18 March 1886, the judge passed an order in which he wrote:

Although the judges ostensibly passed the group "on to the next round", they were cut from the show and sent home without any other performances.

Cranog Jones showed no emotion as the judge passed sentence.

A national judge should not and cannot pass judgement on the validity of derived law.