Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England.
Unpaid magistrates, usually wealthy landowners, who oversaw the work of constables, issued warrants, and judged local cases.
Justice of the Peace (JP) appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Crime and Punishment in Britain and Whitechapel, especially Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England and Nature of Law Enforcement and Punishment.
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