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
That history dates back to 1909, when the law in Oak Lawn was enforced by a village marshal, police magistrates and patrolmen.
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Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Instead, the prosecutors want a third party, like a judicial magistrate, to decide whether a young person should be held.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2025
Armored vehicles and bulletproof vests: Fears of violence ahead of Mexico’s judicial elections
04:18
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Mexico is scheduled to hold its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, with hundreds of judges, magistrates and justices on the ballot across the country.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
The commonwealth has worked hard to promote the use of informal and formal diversion by police, clerk magistrates, district attorneys, and judges.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
Instead, the prosecutors want a third party, like a judicial magistrate, to decide whether a young person should be held.
—Mikenzie Frost, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2025
Armored vehicles and bulletproof vests: Fears of violence ahead of Mexico’s judicial elections
04:18
CNN —
Mexico is scheduled to hold its first-ever judicial elections on Sunday, with hundreds of judges, magistrates and justices on the ballot across the country.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
The commonwealth has worked hard to promote the use of informal and formal diversion by police, clerk magistrates, district attorneys, and judges.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for magistrate
Noun
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The Trump administration’s decision to override the opinion of the New Jersey judges and keep Habba on as U.S. attorney has sparked new legal challenges.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Her husband, Steve, later remarried and became a federal judge.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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From the beginning, our mission has been to protect the integrity of the courts.—
Muhammad U. Faridi,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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He’s added 15 pounds of muscle and showed off his improvement on both ends of the court in the team’s second open practice this month.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Magistrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magistrate. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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