Magistrate's Cases

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• magistrate — mag·is·trate / ma jə ˌstrāt, strət/ n [Latin magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magistr magister master, political superior] 1: a civil or judicial official vested with limited judicial powers a family support magistrate a traffic… …   Law dictionary

• Magistrate — For the musical group, see Magistrates (band). Magistrate Sir Lyman Poore Duff, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Canada Occupation Names Judge, Justice of the Peace, magistrat …   Wikipedia

• magistrate — 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.… …   Black's law dictionary

• magistrate — 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.… …   Black's law dictionary

• magistrate — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• magistrate — 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… …   Universalium

• magistrate — noun /ˈmædʒɪstɹeɪt,ˈmædʒɪstɹət/ 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 …   Wiktionary

• magistrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. judge (see lawsuit). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. justice, officer, police judge; see judge 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. civil officer, administrator, justice of the peace, judge, justice. IV… …   English dictionary for students

• magistrate — mag·is·trate || mædʒɪstreɪt n. 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) …   English contemporary dictionary

• magistrate's court — court with limited legal jurisdiction, court in which cases for minor crimes are tried …   English contemporary dictionary

• magistrate — mag•is•trate [[t]ˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, strɪt[/t]] n. 1) gov law a civil officer charged with the administration of the law 2) gov law a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct… …   From formal English to slang