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magistrate

[ maj-uh-streyt, -strit ]

noun

  1. a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
  2. a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.


magistrate

/ ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt; -strɪt /

noun

  1. a public officer concerned with the administration of law magisterial
  2. another name for justice of the peace
  3. the former name for district court judge
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmagisˌtrateship, noun
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Other Words From

  • magis·trateship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magistrate1

1350–1400; Middle English magistrat < Latin magistrātus magistracy, magistrate, equivalent to magist ( e ) r master + -ātus -ate 3
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Word History and Origins

Origin of magistrate1

C17: from Latin magistrātus, from magister master
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Example Sentences

In addition, about three-quarters of the state’s magistrates have never practiced law, the investigation found.

Under his plan, every magistrate would be required to be a practicing lawyer with a clean record.

Tom Davis, a Republican, is asking his colleagues in the upper chamber this legislative session to bolster the legal qualifications for magistrates and add a layer of scrutiny to their appointments.

Hand-picked by politicians, some magistrates were found to have accepted bribes, stolen money, flubbed trials, trampled over constitutional protections and mishandled even the most basic elements of criminal cases.

As it stands, unless magistrates volunteer the information, even local delegation members are often left in the dark.

But Jackson disregarded him and went straight to the magistrate.

His father, Richard (Kevin McNally), is a local magistrate loyal to George III.

She had thought it legal as the greyhounds were muzzled and the magistrate gave her an absolute discharge.

The magistrate was informed that Loewen had already told authorities that his wife oversaw the family finances.

On Friday afternoon, Loewen was brought in shackles before U.S. Magistrate Karen Humphreys in federal court in Wichita.

The magistrate appeared to think such an occurrence not at all unlikely, as he committed him to prison for three months.

General Neill, who came later and assumed the rôle of magistrate, showed neither pity nor mercy.

She pampered her master, and, like him, preferred the elder of the magistrate's two sons.

Mollock's discharge by the magistrate put the Chief in a very ludicrous position.

John de Rotron, a distinguished French poet, dramatic writer and magistrate, died.

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