A Serjeant made a King's Counsel or judge would still retain these social privileges.
In most states, homosexuality no longer disqualifies a parent from custody, although judges retain enormous discretion.
Scholars, judges, doctors, and other professionals retained the ankle length gown throughout the period.
The judge retains the option to order separate trials.
In the absence of more guidance from appeals courts, judges retain much discretion.
And should judges retain their historic discretion or be bound by fixed sentencing?
Two judges from the previous cycle did not retain their positions.
This overlooks the fact that even under the present law, judges retain considerable sentencing discretion.
In Medieval England, judges retained greater power than their continental counterparts and began to develop a body of precedent.
Nonetheless, judges retain the power to distinguish cases and by their interpretation they can develop a substantial body of case law.