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What does judge, jury and executioner mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) Someone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.
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In other words, Mr President, the Commission remains judge, jury and executioner.
Is it not right and proper that the same person should not be judge, jury and executioner and that the person making the accusation should not also be the minister of justice at the same time?
Why does the minister feel that he can be judge, jury and executioner for Canada's waterways?
Whether it be a chat show, reality TV or a sitcom, critics in the States act as judge, jury and executioner.
But, leaving aside the morality of playing judge, jury and executioner in my own private war crimes proceedings, what good would it have done?
But the ingrained assumption that we are legislator, judge, jury and executioner mocks any notion of global order.

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