magistrate
71stipendiary magistrate — noun (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home Secretary) dealing with police cases • Syn: ↑stipendiary • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United …
72chief magistrate — chief magistrate, the highest official or magistrate of a government, such as a country s monarch or president, the governor of a state, or the mayor of a city …
73Police magistrate — Police Po*lice , n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr. ? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. {Policy} polity, {Polity}.] 1. A… …
74John Woodcock (magistrate) — Henry John Woodcock (born 1967 in Taunton, England), is an Italian citizen of British descent and a prosecutor in Potenza, ItalyHenry John Woodcock is the son of a teacher of the Naval Academy of Livorno, his mother is from Naples. He became a… …
75John Foster (composer and magistrate) — John Foster (1762 1822) of Chapletown South Yorkshire was the composer of the tune set to While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night known as Old Foster , one of the more popular of the hundreds of tunes used with these words.Musically he was… …
76Thomas Bennett (magistrate) — Thomas Bennett (15 October. 1788 ndash; 12 February 1872) was born in England and worked for the British government before coming to St. John’s, Newfoundland in the 1820s. He joined his brother, Charles Fox Bennett, as a partner in Charles… …
77Robert Carter (magistrate) — Robert Carter (1791 ndash; May 25 1872) was a Newfoundland naval officer and political figure.He was born in Ferryland, the son of judge William Carter, and joined the Royal Navy as a young man, retiring as a lieutenant in 1815. Later that year,… …
78Glasgow magistrate — a red herring (q.v.) (Scotland). Also called magistrate …
79Resident Magistrate (RM) — in Northern Ireland, full time legally qualified judges who sit in the magistrates courts trying less serious criminal cases without a jury and conducting committal proceedings in more serious cases. They also have limited jurisdiction in civil… …
80United States Magistrate Judge — Courts given authority by 28 U.S.C. s 636. This court hears all preliminary criminal matters, but does not conduct felony trials, and any pretrial civil matters referred by the district court. If all parties consent, criminal misdemeanor and… …
