Synonyms of magistrates

magistrates

noun

plural of magistrate

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law

chose to take their case before the local magistrate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• judges
• courts
• jurists
• justices
• benches
• adjudicators
• auditors
• circuit judges
• beaks
• squires
• chief justices
• justices of the peace
• masters
• jurisconsults
• jurisprudents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of magistrates

The committee is expected to propose 32 magistrates for approval by the National Assembly, with the goal of installing a new court by mid-December, according to the official. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Italian magistrates accused Egyptian authorities of withholding key information requested through international legal channels, an allegation Cairo rejected. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

In August 2025, city officials laid off the five parking magistrates who reviewed the online disputes and shut the system down in September. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2026

At a hearing this week, Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin asked the parties to identify two potential magistrates who could oversee mediation by next Wednesday. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

Now, under the law named after her, magistrates and judges in North Carolina must be stricter when setting release conditions for people charged with violent crimes. — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 8 June 2026

Of the 931 federal judges and magistrates who responded, only 15 had ever fielded a challenge to audiovisual evidence as a deepfake. — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026

In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves. — Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026

Petro did not participate in the attack, which left several guerrillas and around half the high court's magistrates dead. — Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026