All 7 Uses of
magistrate
in
Middlemarch
- In the beginning of dinner, the party being small and the room still, these motes from the mass of a magistrate's mind fell too noticeably.†
Chpt 1 *
- What feeling he, as a magistrate who had taken in so many ideas, could make room for, was unmixedly kind.†
Chpt 1
- I am a good deal occupied as a magistrate, and in the collection of documentary evidence, but I regard my time as being at the disposal of the public—and, in short, my friends have convinced me that a chaplain with a salary—a salary, you know—is a very good thing, and I am happy to be able to come here and vote for the appointment of Mr. Tyke, who, I understand, is an unexceptionable man, apostolic and eloquent and everything of that kind—and I am the last man to withhold my…†
Chpt 2
- "You see," said the able magistrate to Lydgate, when they were outside the door, "Casaubon has been a little narrow: it leaves him rather at a loss when you forbid him his particular work, which I believe is something very deep indeed—in the line of research, you know.†
Chpt 3
- "I'll swear to every one of you before the magistrate.†
Chpt 6
- It must be either publicly by setting the magistrate and coroner to work, or privately by questioning Lydgate.†
Chpt 8
- "As to poachers like Trapping Bass, you know, Chettam," he continued, as they were entering, "when you are a magistrate, you'll not find it so easy to commit.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(magistrate) a judge or judicial officialThe exact meaning of magistrate varies widely depending upon the context. For example:
- in the U.S. federal court: assists district court judges by handling minor offenses or administrative tasks such as preliminary hearings (often referred to as a magistrate judge rather than just a magistrate)
- in some U.S. states: a judge in the state court
- in France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, and other civil law countries: a sitting magistrate is a judge and a standing magistrate is a prosecutor
- in England: may be a volunteer without formal legal training who performs a judicial role with regard to minor matters
- in ancient Rome: a powerful officer with both judicial and executive power