All 9 Uses of
magistrate
in
Rebecca
- 'He's the magistrate for Kerrith.†
Chpt 21
- He's the magistrate.†
Chpt 23
- I'm merely the magistrate of the district.
Chpt 23 *magistrate = judge (or investigating authority)
- You may be a magistrate and a colonel into the bargain, but it won't cut any ice with me.†
Chpt 24
- There are other magistrates in this bloody county besides you.†
Chpt 24
- Even the local magistrate is on the same racket.†
Chpt 24
- 'He's a magistrate.†
Chpt 25
- What are magistrates for?†
Chpt 25
- I may as well warn you now, as I shall not be seeing you again, that as a magistrate I have certain powers that will prove effective if you ever turn up in Kerrith or the district.†
Chpt 27
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