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| name = Courtney Terrell<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]<br />
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| office = [[List of former chief justices of the high courts of India#Patna High Court|3rd Chief Justice]] of [[Patna High Court]]<br />
| term_start = 31 March 1928<br />
| term_end = 6 May 1938<br />
| nominator = <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number--><br />
| appointer = [[George V]]<br />
| predecessor = Thomas Fredrick Dawson Miller<br />
| successor = {{ubl|[[Arthur Trevor Harries]]|[[Syed Fazl Ali]] ''(acting)''}}<br />
| birth_date = {{dts|1881||}}<br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|5|17|1881|df=y}}<br />
| children = Richard Terrell<br />
| parents = Thomas Terrell and Emma Terrell<br />
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'''Sir Courtney Terrell''' (1881—17 May 1938) was a British Indian Judge and former [[List of Chief Justices of the Patna High Court|Chief Justice of the Patna High Court]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Terrell was born in 1881, the eldest son of Thomas Terrell, KC and Emma Terrell. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of [[Patna High Court]] on 31 March 1928 and stayed in the post for ten years almost until his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://patnahighcourt.gov.in/Judges_RET_CJ.aspx|title=LIST OF RETIRED CHIEF JUSTICE|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vf4jAwAAQBAJ&q=sir+courtney+terrell+justice+patna&pg=PT284|title=Justice, Judocracy and Democracy in India: Boundaries and Breaches|last=Sudhanshu Ranjan|date=21 March 2014|publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317809777|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 18, 2019}}</ref> Sir Courtney Terrell was known and respected for his legal decisions and his love of the Indian people. Terrell visited [[Japan]] during his judgeship.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IyQSjlObs8C&q=sir+courtney+terrell+justice+patna&pg=PA299|title=History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in South Asia / Indian Subcontinent|last=William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi|date=December 2010|publisher=Soyinfo Center |isbn=9781928914310|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 18, 2019}}</ref> He died in 1938 from abdominal cancer. His son Richard Terrell wrote a book ''The Chief Justice'' describing his life in [[British India]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Terrell |first1=Richard |title=The Chief Justice: A Portrait from the Raj |date=1979 |publisher=M. Russell |isbn=978-0-85955-071-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5v08AQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.balean.net/terrell.html|title=Terrell Family Name|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 18, 2019}}</ref><br />
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