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1. (n.) magistrate
a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
2. magistrate
a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L magistrātus=magist(e)rmaster+-ātus -ate3)
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| Definition of 'Magistrate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) magistrate
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
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| Definition of 'Magistrate' |
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1. (noun) Magistrate
a person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it
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Sense: a person who has power to put the laws into force and sentence those guilty of lesser crimes.
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 Afrikaans: landdros |
 Arabic: قاضٍ |
 Bulgarian: магистрат |
 Brazilian: magistrado |
 Czech: úředník se soudní pravomo |
 German: der Friedensrichter |
 Danish: byretsdommer |
 Greek: ειρηνοδίκης |
 Spanish: magistrado |
 Estonian: (rahu)kohtunik |
 Farsi: قاضی |
 Finnish: alemman asteen tuomari |
 French: magistrat |
 Hebrew: שוֹפֵט שָׁלוֹם |
 Hindi: मैजिस्ट्रेट, दण्डाधिकारी |
 Croatian: sudac, mirovni sudac |
 Hungarian: rendőrbíró |
 Indonesian: hakim |
 Icelandic: yfirvald; dómari |
 Italian: magistrato |
 Japanese: 治安判事 |
 Korean: (법의 집행을 직무로 하는) 행정관 |
 Lithuanian: teisėjas, teismo pareigūn |
 Latvian: miertiesnesis |
 Malay: majistret |
 Dutch: politierechter |
 Norwegian: forhørsdommer |
 Polish: sędzia |
 Persian: قاضی |
 Pashto: قاضى |
 Portuguese: magistrado |
 Romanian: magistrat |
 Russian: судья (низшей инстанции) |
 Slovak: úradník so súdnou právomo |
 Slovenian: sodnik |
 Serbian: sudija za prekršaje |
 Swedish: domare |
 Thai: ผู้พิพากษา |
 Turkish: sulh yargıcı |
 Taiwanese: 地方法官 |
 Ukrainian: суддя |
 Urdu: حاکم عدالت |
 Vietnamese: quan tòa |
 Chinese: 地方法官，治安官 |
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