All 5 Uses of "magistrate" in "Wide Sargasso Sea"

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magistrate
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Wide Sargasso Sea
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They got magistrate.†
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magistrate = judicial official
Mr Fraser is an Englishman, a retired magistrate, and he insisted on telling me at length about some of his cases.
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magistrate = judge
As I think about these things they do it quick while you still weak with fever at the magistrate's, before you can ask questions.†
Part 2

magistrate = judicial official
The magistrate now, he know a lot, but his wife very friendly with the Mason family and she stop him if she can.†
Part 2
'Christophine,' I said, 'you lived in Jamaica for years, and you know Mr Fraser, the Spanish Town magistrate, well.†
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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)