Mirovoy Sudya

Reading notes

• An Intelligent Blockhead §2 Justice of the Peace

  Мировой судья (mirovoy sudya): a locally elected magistrate created by the judicial reform of 1864 to hear minor civil and criminal cases -- assault, petty theft, unpaid debts -- in his own district, often among people who knew one another socially, which is the entire comic premise here.

• A Woman's Revenge §18 the magistrate

  The mirovoy sudya, or justice of the peace, who in Imperial Russia heard minor civil and criminal disputes, including unpaid debts.

• At the Mill §9 подам мировому

  The mirovoy sudya (justice of the peace) was a local magistrate created by the 1864 judicial reform to hear minor civil and petty criminal cases quickly and cheaply -- the miller threatens to use this accessible lower court against the monks rather than, or in addition to, taking matters into his own hands.

• About Love §10 honorary justice of the peace

  An unsalaried local magistrate created by the 1864 judicial reform to hear minor civil and criminal cases; the position gave Alyokhin his first regular reason to leave the estate for town.

• Biographies of Notable Contemporaries §9 justice of the peace

  The mirovoy sudya, a local magistrate's court introduced by the 1864 judicial reform, handling minor civil and criminal matters -- here the venue for complaints against the quack's fraudulent claims.