{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-3","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-3","heading":"Inability of Chief Justice to act.","body":"In case of the death, disability, impeachment, resignation, absence from the state or other inability of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to exercise the powers and authority appertaining to the office of Chief Justice, the senior acting judge of said court for the time being shall exercise such powers and authority.","path":["TITLE 51. COURTS","CHAPTER 870. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_870.htm#sec_51-3","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"1918eda06a5027b09a8686e1ce1fe76bf761ff2981adaa6c1b589f27cd0adf8b","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-2","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-51-4-and-51-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}