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[ maj -uh -streyt, -strit ] SHOW IPA
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noun a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
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.
Origin of magistrate 1350–1400; Middle English magistrat <Latin magistrātus magistracy, magistrate, equivalent to magist (e )r master + -ātus -ate3
OTHER WORDS FROM magistrate mag·is·trate·ship, noun
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH magistrate magisterial, magistrate , majestic Words nearby magistrate magisterium, magistery, magistracy, magistral, magistral line, magistrate , magistrate's court, Maglemosean, Maglemosian, maglev, magma
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Example sentences from the Web for magistrate But Jackson disregarded him and went straight to the magistrate .
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
She had thought it legal as the greyhounds were muzzled and the magistrate gave her an absolute discharge.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph| March 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The magistrate was informed that Loewen had already told authorities that his wife oversaw the family finances.
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad | Michael Daly| December 16, 2013| DAILY BEAST
On Friday afternoon, Loewen was brought in shackles before U.S. Magistrate Karen Humphreys in federal court in Wichita.
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad | Michael Daly| December 16, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The magistrate said to the wife, Deborah Loewen, “I know all of this must be upsetting.”
Terry Lee Loewen, the Mellow Kansas Man Who Dreamed of Jihad | Michael Daly| December 16, 2013| DAILY BEAST
This you heard, while under examination before the magistrate you have named?
Wyandotte | James Fenimore Cooper
The man Josephine had noticed standing in the shadow came forward and murmured a few words in the magistrate 's ear.
The Exploits of Juve | Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain
If he is a notorious spendthrift they outlaw him by means of a writ presented to the magistrate .
The History of Sumatra | William Marsden
The magistrate told them to pay their fees, and go home, and mix a little wisdom with their merriment in future.
Mornings at Bow Street | John Wight
If they had arrested you when they saw you had no papers; if they had carried you before a magistrate —eh?
The Clique of Gold | Emile Gaboriau
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British Dictionary definitions for magistrate / (ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt , -strɪt ) /
noun a public officer concerned with the administration of law Related adjective: magisterial
another name for justice of the peace
NZ the former name for district court judge
Derived forms of magistrate magistrateship , noun Word Origin for magistrate C17: from Latin magistrātus, from magister master
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Words related to magistrate judge, justice, bailiff, justice of the peace