Magistrate
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MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office), in general, ...
Magistrate derives from the Middle English word magistrat, denoting a "civil officer in charge of administrating laws" (c.1374); from the Old French magistrat; from the Latin magistratus, which derives from magister (master), ...
Magistrate
(n) Magistrate is the person authorized to perform the duties of the judge in a court, place of judicial authority or judicial functions specially entrusted on them.
Magistrate: A person who performs the functions of a judge but does not have the power to issue a court order.
Magistrate judges: Judicial officers who assist U.S. district judges in getting cases ready for trial, who may decide some criminal and civil trials when both parties agree to have the case heard by a magistrate judge instead of a judge.
Magistrate: Judicial officer exercising some of the functions of a judge. It also refers in a general way to a judge.
Malfeasance: Commission of a wrongful act; evil doing; wrongful conduct.
Clerk Magistrate: County court official.
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Magistrate Judge
A judicial officer of a district court who conducts initial proceedings in criminal cases, decides criminal misdemeanor cases, conducts many pretrial civil and criminal matters on behalf of district judges, ...
magistrate
n. 1) a generic term for any judge of a court, or anyone officially performing a judge's functions. 2) an official who conducts routine hearings assigned by the judges, including preliminary hearings in criminal cases.
MAGISTRATE
Court official with limited authority.
MAJORITY
(1) More than half of something, such as the votes cast in an election.
MAGISTRATE, mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of the legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the constitution. In a narrower sense this term includes only inferior judicial officers, as justices of the peace.
Magistrate - Court official with limited authority.
Malpractice. Professional misconduct or unreasonable lack of skill. A claim of malpractice must prove two things.
Magistrates - act as judges working around the clock, issuing warrants of arrest, presiding over trials of small claims, ($4,000 or less), and performing marriages. Their offices are usually located in or near the courthouse.
magistrate's courts - The jurisdiction of these courts of limited jurisdiction differs from state to state. Such may be divisions of courts of general jurisdiction, and may have concurrent jurisdiction with other courts.
Magistrate: A person who is not a judge but who is authorized to hear and decide certain types of cases. For example, family support magistrates hear cases involving child support.
Magistrate - A judge whose civil and criminal jurisdiction is limited by law. In federal court, a judicial officer who is assigned numerous trial and pretrial responsibilities.
magistrate 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 court commissioner.
magistrate: A judicial officer with the power to issue arrest warrants and find probable cause at preliminary hearings. (Compare with commissioner, judge, referee.) ...
Curule Magistrate: A magistrate with imperium (Aedile, Praetor, Consul) or the authority over the citizenship to enforce the law.
Magistrate
Definition - Noun
[Latin magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magistr- magister master, political superior] ...
magistrate - An officer having power to issue a warrant for the arrest of a person charges with a crime; includes any justice or judge of the appellate courts. and judges of the district court.
malfeasance - Unlawful conduct.
Magistrates who formerly administered justice in the parliaments or courts of France, answering to the English sheriffs. There are still bailiffs of particular towns in England as the bailiff of Dover Castle, etc.
Magistrates may direct that a Highway Authority be absolved of its duty to repair a way previously Maintainable at Public Expense
CLA
Abbreviation for Country Landowners Association.
In Magistrates Court criminal matters, the first day on which a matter is listed at court. A case can only be heard on the mention day if it is a plea of guilty.
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Support Magistrate
A support magistrate is not a judge, but acts in a quasi judicial function. Support magistrates are authorized to hear support cases and uncontested paternity matters in Family Court.
KING
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power. 2. The following table of the reigns of English and British kings... more ...
United States Magistrate Judge - Courts given authority by 28 U.S.C. s 636. This court hears all preliminary criminal matters, but does not conduct felony trials, and any pre-trial civil matters referred by the district court.
Each circuit has a chief judge who has authority to command all judges in his circuit, from magistrates hearing small claims cases in the county courts to judges presiding over capital murder cases in the circuit court.
TOP Warrant a writ issued by a competent magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search or to do other acts incident to the administration of justice.
A formal written order approved or signed by a judge or magistrate, allowing law enforcement officials the right to conduct activities. Warrants can be related either to a request to search premises or to arrest someone.
Coming from the Latin for "under penalty" (sub poena), a subpoena is a court process used to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him or her to appear before the court or magistrate therein named, at a time therein mentioned, ...
A document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to arrest someone.
Arrest Warrant A document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to arrest someone.
interdict - an order issued by the praetor or other magistrate, usually giving rise to further proceedings if disregarded.
PRELIMINARY HEARING - Synonymous with preliminary examinations; the hearing given before a magistrate or other judge to determine whether a person charged with a crime should be held or bound over for trial.
Warrant of Arrest - A writ by a magistrate, justice or other competent authority, to a sheriff or other officer, requiring him to arrest a person therein named and bring him before the magistrate of Court to answer to a specified charge.
Justice of the Peace: Another name for a magistrate, often indicated by the letters JP after his or her name.
Juvenile Court: A special section of the magistrates' court dealing only with juveniles.
tribunal [Latin, platform for magistrates, from tribunus tribune, from tribus tribe] 1 : the seat of a judge or one acting as a judge 2 : a court or forum of justice : a person or body of persons having to ...
Chapman, E., "Margaret Patterson, Toronto's New Police Magistrate", McLean's Magazine, Toronto, Ontario, February 1, 1922
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Civil Infraction Informal Hearing - A hearing conducted by a district court magistrate or judge involving the police officer, the defendant and any witnesses, held without a prosecutor or defense attorney.
warrant - A written order issued and signed by a judge or magistrate which allows the police to search a place and seize specified items found there (search warrant), or to arrest or detain a specified person (arrest warrant).
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Magistrate - Judicial officer exercising some of the functions of a judge. It also refers in a general way to a judge.
A police court may also examine persons accused of felony and commit them to jail pending indictment and trial or release them on reasonable bail. Magistrate's court, justice's court, and municipal court are other names for the police court.
place, a watch was taken, and next day, the victim's neighbor placed a watch into her trash can while saying that it "doesn't even work." Seeing probable cause that a crime was committed and that the evidence is in Lisa's trash can, a magistrate ...
The king in person used to sit in his court: In theory it was always held before the sovereign. It has also supervisory power over inferior tribunals, magistrates, and corporations. See 3 Bl. Com. 41; 4 id. 265.
" However, while grand juries are common in charging federal crimes, many states use grand juries sparingly and use the criminal complaint, followed by a "preliminary hearing" held by a lower court judge or other magistrate, ...
Criminal actions (e.g. motoring offences) are usually brought by the state. The principal function of criminal proceedings is to punish the offender. Criminal cases are tried by a magistrates' court or a crown court.
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