magistrate

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A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both
{n} one invested with public authority
A magistrate is an official who acts as a judge in law courts which deal with minor crimes or disputes. someone, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes = Justice of the Peace (magistratus, from magister )
A judicial officer having the power to issue arrest warrants (compare Commissioner, Judge, Referee)
A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrates court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both
in the federal court system, this is a person who is appointed to serve as a representative of the court and is often given many responsibilities that would otherwise be performed by the federal judge
The court officer who presides in the Magistrates Court and makes all findings about law and fact, imposes sentences and awards damages •Civil Courts
Aneflus
a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
A civil officer with power to administer and enforce law
The Colonial Commander of the Confederate Terran
An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charged with a crime; includes any justice or judge of the appellate courts and judges of the district court
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it
1 A public civil officer, invested with some part of the legislative, executive or judicial power In a narrower sense, the term includes only inferior judicial officers, such as justices of the peace
sometimes called a Justice of the Peace, a magistrate is a person appointed to judge minor cases or preliminary hearings in the magistrates' court Sometimes unpaid and not legally qualified , they are invariably part-time and will often be a prominent member of their community
{i} civil officer who has the authority to administrate the law; minor judicial officer who has limited jurisdiction in criminal cases (i.e. justice of the peace)
In Vermont, Family Court Magistrates preside over the establishment, modification and enforcement of child support (Whereas Family Court Judges preside over cases involving the establishment of parentage and custody as well as contempt actions )
A judicial officer with the power to issue arrest warrants and find probable cause at preliminary hearings (Compare with commissioner, judge, referee )
A public officer invested with certain limited legal functions; generally the right to issue arrest and search warrants, take oaths and hear misdemeanor cases
A person given the power under the Residential Tenancies Act to hear tenancy disputes in the Small Disputes Division of the Local Court
Judicial officer exercising some of the functions of a judge It also refers in a general way to a judge
magistrate's court
court with limited legal jurisdiction, court in which cases for minor crimes are tried
chief magistrate
judge who heads the Magistrate's court
examining magistrate
judge who decides if there is a basis to try a suspect in a court of law
magistrates
plural of magistrate
stipendiary magistrate
a magistrate in Britain who is paid by the state
traffic magistrate
judge which presides over trials for traffic law violations
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