A judge is a public officer, who by virtue of his office is clothed with judicial authority. The term Judge means every judicial officer authorised, alone or with others, to hold or preside over a court of justice. A judge is an official who presides over a court. The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.

The word Judge denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person,—

who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgment. [Section 19 of the Penal Code, 1860 (Act XLV of I860)]

Judge means the presiding judicial officer in every Civil and Criminal Court, by whatever he is designated. [Section 3 of the Touts Act, 1879 (Act XVIII of 1879)]

Judge means the presiding officer of a Civil Court. [Section 2(8) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908)]

Judge means a judge of a division of the Supreme Court. [Article 152(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, 1972]