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A judge is an official who presides over a court.

Judge or Judges may also refer to:

Roles

• Judge, an alternative name for an adjudicator in a competition in theatre, music, sport, etc.
• Judge, an alternative name/aviator call sign for a member of the Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy
• Judge, an alternative name for a sports linesman, referee or umpire
• County judge, an executive officer role in certain counties
• County judge/executive, an executive officer in Kentucky counties
• Hebrew Bible judges, an office of authority in the early history of Israel

Places

• Judge, Minnesota, a community in the United States
• Judge, Missouri, a community in the United States
• The Judge (British Columbia), a mountain in the Columbia Mountains of Canada

People

• Judge (surname)
• Judge Jules, professional name of British DJ and record producer Julius O'Riordan
• Judge Reinhold, American actor best known for his work in films during the 1980s

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Judge (Buffyverse), a demon character in the television series Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Judge (comics), several characters from DC Comics
• Archadian Judges, from the game Final Fantasy XII
• Judge Holden, from Cormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian

Films

• The Judge (1960 film), a Swedish drama
• The Judge (1984 film), a French crime drama
• The Judge (2014 film), an American drama film
• The Judge, a 2017 documentary about Kholoud Faqih

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• Judge (band), a hardcore punk band from New York City
• Judge (magazine), a late 19th-century United States publication
• Judge (manga), a 1989 manga series
• Judge (novel), a 2008 novel by Karen Traviss
• The Judge (TV series), an American syndicated television drama that ran from 1986 to 1992 starring Bob Shield as Judge Robert J. Franklin
• Judge (2000 AD), a fictional office in the Judge Dredd comic strip
• Jydge, a 2017 video game
• Judge, a 1980 Game & Watch game

Other uses

• Book of Judges, seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament
• Brandeis Judges, the varsity athletics teams at Brandeis University
• Judge (Magic: the Gathering), a tournament official in the collectible card game
• Pontiac GTO Judge, a 1970s American automobile
• Taurus Judge, a revolver that fires .45 Colt and .410 bore ammunition

See also

• The Judge (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with judge
• All pages with titles containing judge