magistrate
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adjudicator, beak [chiefly British], bench, court, judge, jurist, justice
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The investigation was requested by a magistrate in Bologna. — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, "The Complete History of the Autopsy," 26 Dec. 2018 Prosecutors last month told the magistrate Wilson must be jailed to send a message that such institutional cover-ups will no longer be tolerated. — Rod Mcguirk, USA TODAY, "Australian bishop sentenced to year’s detention for child sex abuse cover-up," 2 July 2018 But prosecutor Mark Gibson told the magistrate there was no evidence to back Richter’s theory that Pell had been targeted over the church’s failings. — Rod Mcguirk, BostonGlobe.com, "Pope Francis’ former finance minister faces sex abuse charges," 1 May 2018 The way booking works now, suspects are taken to local jails, where they are then either detained or released pending an appearance before a judge or magistrate in one of the county's 13 municipal courts. — Peter Krouse, cleveland.com, "Municipal court consolidation not on radar in Cuyahoga County, but further jail mergers are," 9 Feb. 2018 There is, however, no data on the attitudes of Hong Kong’s nearly 200 judges and magistrates. — Austin Ramzy, New York Times, "Hong Kong’s Courts Have Defended Its Freedoms. Is Beijing Changing That?," 5 Feb. 2018 When Turpin failed to appear for a pretrial hearing in July, a bench warrant was issued by a Las Cruces magistrate judge. — Stephen Hawkins, The Seattle Times, "Turpin dismissed from TCU team after 2nd charge surfaces," 23 Oct. 2018 According to a November 2 Vancouver court ruling, an American federal magistrate judge in New York issued a warrant for Ellingson's arrest in January 2018 on charges of drug trafficking. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Silk Road’s alleged hitman, “redandwhite,” arrested in Vancouver," 21 Nov. 2018 The magistrates are still weighing charges from their offices in Bogota and Miami. — Cesar Garcia, Fox News, "Exiled jurists symbolically sentence Maduro to 18 years," 15 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'magistrate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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— called also magistrate judge
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