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magistrate
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A Passage to India
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He is the City Magistrate here.†
Chpt 2

magistrate = judicial official
Our City Magistrate's name is Mr. Heaslop.†
Chpt 2
Then is the City Magistrate the entire of your family now?†
Chpt 2
I found afterwards that he had sent touts all over the bazaar to announce the fact—told all the litigants, 'Oh, you'd better come to my Vakil Mahmoud Ali—he's in with the City Magistrate.'†
Chpt 3
On her account they did not wait, but drove on to the City Magistrate's bungalow, where Miss Quested went to bed, and Mrs. Moore had a short interview with her son.†
Chpt 3
I won't ask the City Magistrate to bring you.†
Chpt 5
On seeing the City Magistrate alone with a maiden at twilight, he had borne down on them with hospitable intent.†
Chpt 8
He had a new little car, and wished to place it at their disposal; the City Magistrate would decide whether the offer was acceptable.†
Chpt 8
As he wove all these anxieties into a single rope, he suspected that his audience felt no interest, and that the City Magistrate fondled either maiden behind the cover of the harnionium, but good breeding compelled him to continue; it was nothing to him if they were bored, because he did not know what boredom is, and it was nothing to him if they were licentious, because God has created all races to be different.†
Chpt 8
But I can't marry her if I wanted to, for she has just become engaged to the City Magistrate.†
Chpt 11
For the City Magistrate they shall be sufficient perhaps, and he for her.†
Chpt 11
"Another of them found out," he thought, as he set to work to draft his statement to the Magistrate.†
Chpt 18
You may see him on a magistrate's order, but on my own responsibility I don't feel justified.†
Chpt 18
City Magistrate.†
Chpt 18
You are very good to greet me in this public fashion, I appreciate it; but, Mr. Fielding, nothing convinces a magistrate except evidence.†
Chpt 19
Continuing their work, the wheels of Dominion now pro— pelled a messenger on a horse from the Superintendent to the Magistrate with an official report of arrest.†
Chpt 19
But the case has to come before a magistrate now;
Chpt 22 *

magistrate = judge
Some students had gathered in front of the City Magistrate's Court—hysterical boys whom he would have faced if alone, but he told the driver to work round to the rear of the building.†
Chpt 24

magistrate = judicial official
Opposite him, also on a platform, sat the little assistant magistrate, cultivated, self-conscious, and conscientious.†
Chpt 24
It was the first interruption, and the Magistrate felt bound to censure it.†
Chpt 24
The Magistrate knew that he ought to censure this remark, but did not dare to.†
Chpt 24
The distinguished visitor gazed at the Magistrate respectfully.†
Chpt 24
The Magistrate was also happier.†
Chpt 24
The Magistrate displayed interest in archaeology.†
Chpt 24
"You could have called her yourself," cried the Magistrate.†
Chpt 24
"This is no way to defend your case," counselled the Magistrate.†
Chpt 24
In vain the Magistrate threatened and expelled.†
Chpt 24
"Mr. Mahmoud Ali will have to apologize in person," the Magistrate said.†
Chpt 24
"An extraneous element is being introduced into the case," said the Magistrate.†
Chpt 24
The Magistrate bent forward.†
Chpt 24
Miss Quested, address your remarks to me, who am the Magistrate in charge of the case, and realize their extreme gravity.†
Chpt 24
"I stop these proceedings on medical grounds," cried the Major on a word from Turton, and all the English rose from their chairs at once, large white figures behind which the little magistrate was hidden.†
Chpt 24
The Superintendent moved to the support of his friends, saying nonchalantly to the Magistrate as he did so, "Right, I withdraw."†
Chpt 24
Here comes the City Magistrate.†
Chpt 26
He comes in a third-class band-ghari for purposes of disguise, he comes unattended, but here comes the City Magistrate.†
Chpt 26
The magistrate sought two favours from him: a remedy for shingles and a poem for his brotherin-law's new monthly magazine.†
Chpt 30
He talked to Major Roberts, the new Civil Surgeon; and to young Milner, the new City Magistrate; but the more the club changed, the more it promised to be the same thing.†
Chpt 31

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(1) (magistrate)
a judge or judicial official
The 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
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

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magistrate
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A Passage to India
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