professional judge

Candidates do not have to be professional judges, but lawyers.

Court cases are decided by professional judges rather than juries.

As well the system is adversarial and cases are decided by professional judges.

The professional judge is the chairman of the panel, but otherwise the judges have equal rights.

Voting is done by professional judges and the viewing public, each making up 50% of the total score.

Professional judges were employed to choose winning art work from entries.

The jury trial included three professional judges and twelve jurors.

The case was decided jointly by a professional judge and three appointed lay judges.

The laymen have exactly the same rights and obligations as the professional judges.

The sentence is delivered by a majority of the 12 jurors and the 3 professional judges.

Professional judges choose the winners at regional and final concerts.

There were several ways of controlling the professional judges.

That's what the professional judge and three lay judges overseeing the trial will have to decide in the next two weeks.

Civil cases are normally held before a single professional judge, but either side can demand two lay judges be seated as well.

She judged amateur bouts for five years until becoming a professional judge in 1989.

Lay judges sit with a professional judge in the first instance of a non-specialized trial.

The so called professional judges act like braty kids.

Each competition provides approximately 40 professional judges who give feedback on the show's programming and design.

In addition, professional judges have always enjoyed a high level of trust in Japanese society.

"Audience judges" were selected in addition to several professional judges.

The Supreme Court then ordered a new trial by professional judges instead of a jury.

Special awards were given out in eleven categories, of which six are open for public voting and the rest selected by professional judges.

In Ukraine and other civil law jurisdictions, the jury holds equal power to three professional judges.

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

Two winners were chosen - one through professional judges, and a second by TV viewers.