All 24 Uses
magistrate
in
The Plague
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- As he was leaving the platform, near the exit he met M. Othon, the police magistrate, holding his small boy by the hand.†
Part 1 *magistrate = judicial official
- "No," the magistrate replied, "I've come to meet Madame Othon, who's been to present her respects to my family."†
Part 1
- "These rats, now—" the magistrate began.†
Part 1
- Cottard went his usual desultory ways, and M. Othon, the magistrate, continued to parade his menagerie.†
Part 1
- M. Othon, the magistrate, assured Dr. Rieux that he had found the preacher's arguments "absolutely irrefutable.†
Part 2
- There's the magistrate.†
Part 2
- The magistrate returned the greeting of the men in the car and, turning to Rambert and Cottard, who were in the background, gave them a quiet nod.†
Part 2
- The magistrate gazed at the sky for a moment, sighed, and remarked that these were indeed sad times.†
Part 2
- Rieux replied that one could only hope it wouldn't, and the magistrate replied that one must never lose hope, the ways of Providence were inscrutable.†
Part 2
- The magistrate, who seemed unable to take his gaze off the sky, abruptly dropped his mildly meditative air and stared at Tarrou.†
Part 2
- "That fellow," said Tarrou when the magistrate was out of hearing, "is Enemy Number One."†
Part 2
- In deference to the official regulations the magistrate had promptly sent for Dr. Rieux the moment he saw symptoms of the disease in his little boy.†
Part 4
- When Rieux raised his eyes he saw the magistrate's gaze intent on him, and, behind, the mother's pale face.†
Part 4
- "He has it, I suppose?" the magistrate asked in a toneless voice.†
Part 4
- The magistrate said he would take him to the telephone.†
Part 4
- And now the magistrate averted his eyes.†
Part 4
- Rieux explained this to the magistrate, who signified his approval of the procedure.†
Part 4
- For the magistrate, however, no accommodation was available except in an isolation camp the authorities were now installing in the municipal stadium, using tents supplied by the highway department.†
Part 4
- The magistrate was dressed exactly as in the past and still wore a stiff collar.†
Part 4
- Some moments of silence ensued, then with an effort the magistrate spoke again: I hope Jacques did not suffer too much.†
Part 4
- When they took their leave, the magistrate was still gazing toward the light.†
Part 4
- The magistrate stated that his quarantine period was over; unfortunately the date of his admission to camp seemed to have been mislaid by the secretariat, and if he was still detained it was certainly due to a mistake.†
Part 4
- The magistrate rolled his round eyes a little and tried to smooth down a tuft of hair.†
Part 4
- Such was the case of M. Othon, the magistrate, evacuated from the quarantine camp; Tarrou said of him that "he'd had no luck," but one couldn't tell if he had in mind the life or the death of M. Othon.†
Part 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)