Definitions for magistrateˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, -strɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mag•is•trateˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, -strɪt(n.)
a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
Category: Government, Law
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.
Category: Government, Law
Origin of magistrate:
1350–1400; < L magistrātus=magist(e)rmaster+-ātus -ate3
mag`is•trat′i•cal•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
magistrate(noun)
a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
Wiktionary
magistrate(Noun)
A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
Webster Dictionary
Magistrate(noun)
a person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with the executive government, or some branch of it
Translations for magistrate
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
magistrate(noun)
a person who has power to put the laws into force and sentence those guilty of lesser crimes.
- landdrosAfrikaans
- قاضٍArabic
- магистратBulgarian
- magistradoPortuguese (BR)
- úředník se soudní pravomocíCzech
- der FriedensrichterGerman
- byretsdommerDanish
- ειρηνοδίκηςGreek
- magistradoSpanish
- (rahu)kohtunikEstonian
- قاضیFarsi
- alemman asteen tuomariFinnish
- magistratFrench
- שוֹפֵט שָׁלוֹםHebrew
- मैजिस्ट्रेट, दण्डाधिकारीHindi
- sudac, mirovni sudacCroatian
- rendőrbíróHungarian
- hakimIndonesian
- yfirvald; dómariIcelandic
- magistratoItalian
- 治安判事Japanese
- (법의 집행을 직무로 하는) 행정관Korean
- teisėjas, teismo pareigūnas, magistratasLithuanian
- miertiesnesisLatvian
- majistretMalay
- politierechterDutch
- forhørsdommerNorwegian
- sędziaPolish
- قاضیPersian
- قاضىPashto
- magistradoPortuguese
- magistratRomanian
- судья (низшей инстанции)Russian
- úradník so súdnou právomocouSlovak
- sodnikSlovenian
- sudija za prekršajeSerbian
- domareSwedish
- ผู้พิพากษาThai
- sulh yargıcıTurkish
- 地方法官Chinese (Trad.)
- суддяUkrainian
- حاکم عدالتUrdu
- quan tòaVietnamese
- 地方法官，治安官Chinese (Simp.)
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