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mag·is·trate

(măj′ĭ-strāt′, -strĭt)
n.
1. A judge or justice of a local or inferior court; a justice of the peace.
2. A judge in a court having jurisdiction over the trial of misdemeanors and preliminary hearings involving felonies.
3. A public official with the chief administrative power in a district or region.
[Middle English magistrat, from Old French, from Latin magistrātus, from magister, magistr-, master; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]
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magistrate

(ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt; -strɪt)
n
1. (Law) a public officer concerned with the administration of law.
2. (Law) another name for justice of the peace
3. (Law) NZ the former name for district court judge
[C17: from Latin magistrātus, from magister master]
ˈmagisˌtrateship n
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mag•is•trate

(ˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, -strɪt)

n.
1. a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
2. a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.
[1350–1400; < Latin magistrātus=magist(e)r master + -ātus -ate 3]
mag`is•trat′i•cal (-ˈstræt ɪ kəl) adj.
mag`is•trat′i•cal•ly, adv.
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magistrate

A public officer who has the power to administer the law.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. magistrate - a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
justice of the peace - a local magistrate with limited powers
stipendiary, stipendiary magistrate - (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases
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magistrate

noun judge, justice, provost (Scot.), bailie (Scot.), justice of the peace, J.P. The magistrate ordered them to pay 3000ドル compensation.
Related words
adjective magisterial
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magistrate

noun
A public official who decides cases brought before a court of law in order to administer justice:
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Translations
úředník se soudní pravomocí
byretsdommermagistrat
rauhantuomari
sudac nižeg suda
yfirvald; dómari
治安判事
행정관
magistratasteismo pareigūnas
miertiesnesis
úradník so súdnou právomocou
sodnik
fredsdomare
ผู้พิพากษา
sulh hakimi sulh yargıcı
quan tòa

magistrate

[ˈmædʒɪstreɪt]
A. N → magistrado/a m/f, juez mf
B. CPD magistrates' court N (in England) → juzgado m de primera instancia
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magistrate

[ˈmædʒɪstreɪt] n (dealing with minor cases) → juge mf d'instance magistrates' courtmagistrates' court n (British) → tribunal m d'instance
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magistrate

n → Friedensrichter(in) m(f), → Schiedsmann m → /-frau f
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magistrate

[ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt] n → magistrato
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magistrate

(ˈmӕdʒistreit) noun
a person who has power to put the laws into force and sentence those guilty of lesser crimes. landdros قاضٍ магистрат magistrado úředník se soudní pravomocí der Friedensrichter byretsdommer ειρηνοδίκης magistrado (rahu)kohtunik قاضی alemman asteen tuomari magistrat שוֹפֵט שָׁלוֹם मैजिस्ट्रेट, दण्डाधिकारी sudac, mirovni sudac rendőrbíró hakim yfirvald; dómari magistrato 治安判事 (법의 집행을 직무로 하는) 행정관 teisėjas, teismo pareigūnas, magistratas miertiesnesis majistret politierechter forhørsdommer sędzia قاضى magistrado magistrat судья úradník so súdnou právomocou sodnik sudija za prekršaje domare ผู้พิพากษา sulh yargıcı 地方法官 суддя حاکم عدالت quan tòa 地方法官,治安官
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magistrate

→ قَاضِيِ الْصُّلُحِ úředník se soudní pravomocí magistrat Verwaltungsbeamter κατώτερος δικαστικός magistrado rauhantuomari magistrat sudac nižeg suda magistrato 治安判事 행정관 magistraat forhørsdommer urzędnik mający władzę sędziowską magistrado мировой судья fredsdomare ผู้พิพากษา sulh hakimi quan tòa 地方法官
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Grummer, who seemed to consider that any slight cast upon the divine right of magistrates was a species of blasphemy not to be tolerated.
The more the middle-aged lady meditated, the more terrified she became; and at length she determined to repair to the house of the principal magistrate of the town, and request him to secure the persons of Mr.
From these facts, by which Montesquieu was guided, it may clearly be inferred that, in saying "There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates," or, "if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers," he did not mean that these departments ought to have no PARTIAL AGENCY in, or no CONTROL over, the acts of each other.
The executive magistrate forms an integral part of the legislative authority.
Not very well knowing, as it seemed, how to overcome this difficulty, the other man contented himself with damning the magistrates.
When he had in some degree relieved his mind by cursing the magistrates in various other forms of speech, the man was silent, save for a low growling, still having reference to those authorities, which from time to time escaped him.
He had been wondering, with his eyes fixed on the magistrates' powder, whether all boards were born with that white stuff on their heads, and were boards from thenceforth on that account.
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He also made a law, that those should be rewarded who found out anything for the good of the city, and that the children of those who fell in battle should be educated at the public expense; which law had never been proposed by any other legislator, though it is at present in use at Athens as well as in other cities, he would have the magistrates chosen out of the people in general, by whom he meant the three parts before spoken of; and that those who were so elected should be the particular guardians of what belonged to the public, to strangers, and to orphans.
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It interested him enormously, and he threw himself into it, less as a magistrate eager to know the truth, than as an amateur of dramatic embroglios, tending wholly to mystery and intrigue, who dreads nothing so much as the explanatory final act.
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AN Anarchist Orator who had been struck in the face with a Dead Cat by some Respector of Law to him unknown, had the Dead Cat arrested and taken before a Magistrate.
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The persons, therefore, to whose immediate management these different matters are committed, ought to be considered as the assistants or deputies of the chief magistrate, and on this account, they ought to derive their offices from his appointment, at least from his nomination, and ought to be subject to his superintendence.
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At this very moment the soldiers, preceded by a magistrate, entered the room.
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