magistrate
11Magistrate — A public civil officer invested with authority. The Hebrew shophetim, or judges, were magistrates having authority in the land (Deut. 1:16, 17). In Judg. 18:7 the word magistrate (A.V.) is rendered in the Revised Version possessing authority …
12magistrate — A public civil officer, possessing such power legislative, executive, or judicial as the government appointing him may ordain. In a narrower sense, an inferior judicial officer, such as a justice of the peace. Shadwick v. City of Tampa, 407 U.S.… …
13magistrate — A public civil officer, possessing such power legislative, executive, or judicial as the government appointing him may ordain. In a narrower sense, an inferior judicial officer, such as a justice of the peace. Shadwick v. City of Tampa, 407 U.S.… …
14magistrate — n. a police magistrate (esp. AE) * * * [ mædʒɪstr(e)ɪt] a police magistrate (esp. AE) …
15magistrate — n 1. civil magistrate, syndic; chief magistrate, mayor, governor, prefect, consul, doge, burgomaster, Ger. Biirgermeister. corregidor, (in England) bencher, atchon, ephor; municipal officer, (in Britain) bailiff, (both in Scotland) bailie,… …
16magistrate */ — UK [ˈmædʒɪˌstreɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms magistrate : singular magistrate plural magistrates a judge in a court for minor crimes …
17magistrate — /ˈmædʒəstreɪt / (say majuhstrayt), / trət/ (say truht) noun 1. a person charged with executive functions. 2. Also, stipendiary magistrate. a paid judicial officer presiding over a court of the lowest tier, and sometimes also performing other… …
18magistrate — noun Etymology: Middle English magestrat, from Latin magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magistr , magister master, political superior more at master Date: 14th century an official entrusted with administration of the laws: as a. a principal …
19magistrate — a red herring (q.v.) (Scotland). Also called Glasgow magistrate …
20magistrate — magistrateship, n. /maj euh strayt , strit/, n. 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… …
