COURT COMMISSIONER - A court commissioner is a person appointed by a judge to assist her in finding facts, hearing testimony from witnesses and resolving issues. Court commissioners are frequently lawyers or retired judges.
Court commissioner: A judicial officer at both trial and appellate court levels who performs many of the same duties as judges and justices.
Court of appeals: Intermediate appellate court to which most appeals are taken from superior court.
court commissioner A judicial officer who is lower in rank than a judge, serving as an assistant to the judge and authorized to perform limited judicial functions; similar in function to a magistrate.
small claims court commissioner: A small claims court commissioner is a lawyer hired by the court to hear and decide small claims court cases.
any proceeding before a judge or other magistrate (such as a hearing officer or court commissioner) without a jury in which evidence and/or argument is presented to determine some issue of fact or both issues of fact and law.
Before the chancellor or justice of the supreme court, circuit judge, supreme court commissioner, judge of the county court, mayor or recorder of a city, or, commissioner of deeds; a couuty judge or commissioner of deeds for a city or county, ...
 See also: Lawyer, Judge, Hearing, Court, Testimony
  
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