On the outer envelope, refer to a Judge by his or her formal title, which is “The Honorable,” followed by his formal name. For a married Judges, include his or her spouses’ title. If single, simply drop the spouses’ name. For invitations with an inner envelope, drop the first names of both the Judge and spouse.

The proper form of address for a retired judge is “The Honorable (Full Name).” The lone caveat is that the judge was not removed from office and retired honorably. The title should be fully written out, but for space reasons can be abbreviated to “the Hon.”

Whether walking into a local restaurant or attending a community event, former judges will continue to be addressed as “judge.” Judges will be hired for jobs not only for their judicial experience, but also for the positive “label” that having a former judge on payroll will bring.

Therefore, judge of a court is saluted as honorable judge. Hence in oral representation a judge is addressed as “Your honor” giving due respect to his or her statutory authority.

When sitting in criminal proceedings, judges wear scarlet robes with grey silk facings, bands or a jabot and a bench wig. When sitting in appeal or in civil proceedings, judges and masters wear a black silk gown, a bar jacket with either bands or a jabot and a bench wig.

In most common law jurisdictions, the jury is responsible for finding the facts of the case, while the judge determines the law. Typically, the jury only judges guilt or a verdict of not guilty, but the actual penalty is set by the judge.

Judges base their decisions on precedents set in similar cases.

The high court essentially has held that anything a judge does in his or her capacity as a judge is covered under the immunity clause. But if, for example, a judge unlawfully fires someone, that’s not covered because because hiring or firing is not considered a judicial activity.

No. A judge is the Court personified. He can’t be in contempt of himself. Judges are also generally immune from personal liability –see Judicial Immunity.

For instance, when a police officer shot a 10-year-old child while trying to shoot a nonthreatening family dog, the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the officer was entitled to qualified immunity because no earlier case held it was unconstitutional for a police officer to recklessly fire his gun into a …

The doctrine of qualified immunity protects state and local officials, including law enforcement officers, from individual liability unless the official violated a clearly established constitutional right.