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Definitions of magistrate
  1. noun
    a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
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  • court a tribunal that is presided over by a magistrate or by one or more judges who administer justice according to the laws
  • bench the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
  • addiction (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
  • prefect a chief officer or chief magistrate
  • praetor an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
  • doge formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
  • magisterial of or relating to a magistrate
  • alcalde a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
  • magistracy the position of magistrate
  • magistrature the position of magistrate
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