Justice of the Peace

Reading notes

• The Twenty-Ninth of June (the tale of a hunter who never hits his mark) §4 justice of the peace

  A local elected magistrate (mirovoy sudya) instituted by the 1864 judicial reform, hearing minor civil and criminal cases in his district -- a stock member of the rural professional gentry alongside the doctor and elder in this party.

• Fintiflyushki §19 justice of the peace

  A local elected magistrate (mirovoy sudya) created by the 1864 judicial reform to hear minor civil and criminal cases in his district.

• Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire §2 justice of the peace

  Mirovoy sud'ya — a lay magistrate created by the 1864 judicial reform to hear minor civil and criminal matters quickly and cheaply, without the formality of the regular courts.

• Not Fated! §1 justice of the peace

  An elected local magistrate (mirovoy sudya) who tried minor civil and criminal cases; candidates for the post were nominated and voted on by the district's landowning electors, making the office a prize contested at the annual zemstvo assembly along with administrative posts like district chairman.

• A Trivial Incident §29 justice of the peace

  An elected local magistrate handling minor civil and criminal matters; Naryagin's confident bid for the post despite being visibly unfit for it is the prince's foil for his own paralyzing self-doubt -- Naryagin has the self-assurance the prince entirely lacks.

• In the Rooms §42 The magistrate

  The mirovoy sudya, or Justice of the Peace, a local magistrate handling minor civil disputes such as landlord-tenant eviction cases in Imperial Russia.

• The Meeting §129 our justice of the peace lives there

  Kuzma's threat to "lodge a complaint" with the mirovoy sudya (justice of the peace) in Telibeyevo is empty bravado rather than a genuine legal move -- Yefrem repeatedly refuses to engage with the threat (loc 130, 132), correctly judging that a peasant accusing another peasant of slander over an alms box, with no witnesses and no evidence, would go nowhere, and Kuzma himself never actually follows through on it.

• A Fairground "Total" §11 justice of the peace

  The mirovoy sudya, a local magistrate created by the 1864 judicial reform to hear minor civil and criminal cases -- the venue for the actor's complaint and, later, a witness deposition.