There havenât always been nine justices on the court. The U.S. Constitution established the Supreme Court but left it to Congress to decide how many justices should make up the court. The Judiciary Act of 1789 set the number at six: a chief justice and five associate justices.
Definition of ineffable. 1  1a : incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable ineffable joyb : unspeakable ineffable disgust. 2  2 : not to be uttered : taboo the ineffable name of Jehovah.
A fief (/ËfiËf/; Latin: feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or in fee) in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.