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magistrate

noun

ˈma-jə-ˌstrāt

Definition of magistrate

as in judge

a public official having authority to decide questions of law chose to take their case before the local magistrate

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Recent Examples of magistrate Luchin has been out of custody since a federal magistrate signed off on his release in February, court records show. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026 During the orchard scene in the fifth act, a little the worse—or, this being Shakespeare, the better—for drink, Silence, a minor country magistrate, grows untrue to his name and begins to sing. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The state Legislature passed a law last year making magistrate judges nonpartisan. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 29 July 2026 Miguel Banuelos, a prisoner who walked away from Washington Ridge Conservation Camp in California and was captured in Tijuana, Mexico, was reported at large again after a Mexican magistrate released him, officials said. — Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for magistrate

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The motion to assign the case to a specific judge is expected to be heard before arguments begin on the sentence motion.

— Greg Smith, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026
Local 42’s attorneys had previously filed a motion asking a Jackson County judge to hold the city in contempt, arguing that officials had failed to carry out a previous judgment in the case from March that enforced the arbitrator’s decision.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of judge

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But Zverev prefers to play on Arthur Ashe Stadium above all else, even the option of an earlier start time on another court.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The court also ordered Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to place a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether to approve HB 1.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026

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