The word "Judge" denotes every person who is officially designated as a judge and who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, is confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgment. |
