magistrate
majistret
definition
noun
It is clear that the magistrates heard a great deal of factual evidence and had regard to that.
a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
translation of 'magistrate'
noun
majistret
example
Noise began to arise from the court but the 'magistrate' beckoned for silence.
The 'magistrate' found that the prosecution had not satisfied the onus of proof that was required.
The 'magistrate' ordered he be remanded in custody to reappear in court next month.
The lawyers sit at the bar table facing the 'magistrate' and the defendant sits with his or her lawyer.
It is not a function of a committing 'magistrate' to apply hearsay argument and exclude evidence.
I noticed in the record that the 'magistrate' did admit evidence of the other convictions.
The 'magistrate' will listen to what the parties say and issue a written decision resolving the dispute.
The Committee on District Courts establishes the number of 'magistrates' in each district.
This organisation of competition for places on the Supreme Court of Justice is done in order to safeguard equality of expectations among candidates from each of the 'magistratures' .
At earlier hearings 'magistrates' have had to order him to stay in the cells because of his outbursts in court.
The court heard he had been dealt with by Haverfordwest 'magistrates' by way of a fine.
Swindon 'magistrates' remanded him in custody and committed the case to crown court.
The old system of public administration and 'magistratures' came under attack and was abolished by 1786.
Born in a family of magistrates, he was educated at a Jesuit school, studied the law, and practised in the Rouen 'magistrature' until 1630.
Local residents should serve on juries in the upper courts and as lay 'magistrates' in the lower courts.
It is clear that the 'magistrates' heard a great deal of factual evidence and had regard to that.
The 'magistrates' decided the offence so serious that the only option was a custodial sentence.
Not all the versions they hear may be the same so the 'magistrates' have to decide which one is the true story.
All the people who were arrested appeared before a special court set up by 'magistrates' .
It was an unwritten rule in Lancashire that no active manufacturers could become 'magistrates' .
They were convicted by the 'magistrates' of obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty.
The government also plans a new youth court with a judge and two 'magistrates' .
In sentencing the 'magistrates' said the offences were so serious that custody was the only option.
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