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magistrate

noun as in civil officer

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In addition, about three-quarters of the state’s magistrates have never practiced law, the investigation found.

Under his plan, every magistrate would be required to be a practicing lawyer with a clean record.

Tom Davis, a Republican, is asking his colleagues in the upper chamber this legislative session to bolster the legal qualifications for magistrates and add a layer of scrutiny to their appointments.

Hand-picked by politicians, some magistrates were found to have accepted bribes, stolen money, flubbed trials, trampled over constitutional protections and mishandled even the most basic elements of criminal cases.

As it stands, unless magistrates volunteer the information, even local delegation members are often left in the dark.

But Jackson disregarded him and went straight to the magistrate.

His father, Richard (Kevin McNally), is a local magistrate loyal to George III.

She had thought it legal as the greyhounds were muzzled and the magistrate gave her an absolute discharge.

The magistrate was informed that Loewen had already told authorities that his wife oversaw the family finances.

On Friday afternoon, Loewen was brought in shackles before U.S. Magistrate Karen Humphreys in federal court in Wichita.

The magistrate appeared to think such an occurrence not at all unlikely, as he committed him to prison for three months.

General Neill, who came later and assumed the rôle of magistrate, showed neither pity nor mercy.

She pampered her master, and, like him, preferred the elder of the magistrate's two sons.

Mollock's discharge by the magistrate put the Chief in a very ludicrous position.

John de Rotron, a distinguished French poet, dramatic writer and magistrate, died.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to magistrate, such as: bailiff, judge, justice, jp, and justice of the peace.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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