A key component, she said, was that the same judge would preside over all cases.

In lower courts, the jury makes the decision, the judge simply presides.

How, he was asked, was his marriage religious if a judge presided?

For instance, in a problem-solving court, the same judge presides at every hearing.

At the preparatory and trial stages of civil cases only one judge presides.

Tuesday the judge arrived after noon and presided over the picking of the jury.

In the main hearing, one legally qualified judge and three lay judges will preside.

One professional judge presides, appointing two colleagues to state the prosecution and defense cases.

A judge presided, but the process was surprisingly informal.

In its day-to-day operations, no judge presides over grand jury proceedings.