How to Use magistrate in a Sentence

magistrate

noun
  • One of the magistrate's concerns was the safety of the teen.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 June 2022
  • Trump's team left the room first, after the magistrate.
    Caroline Linton, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • The letter was addressed to the mayor of Rome, the City Council and city magistrates.
    Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 6 July 2023
  • The magistrate entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Then, the magistrate used a mechanism to reveal the marbles one by one.
    Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
    Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • In medieval times, one might be sent on a pilgrimage by a magistrate as a sentence for a crime.
    Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At that point, the magistrate would determine if Spacey could be released on bail to await a trial.
    Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022
  • The notice would have given her the option to have a hearing before a clerk magistrate.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The magistrate, who entered a not guilty plea on her behalf, set a pretrial date of Aug. 15.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
  • The judge or magistrate hearing the case would still have discretion on whether to accept the defense and allow tenants to stay in place.
    Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Fines, fees and costs accrued in West Virginia magistrate courts can now be paid online.
    Fox News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The federal magistrate judge who gave the go ahead for the raid only issued the warrant to seize the business’s property.
    Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Here's what happens at your hearing A district court judge or magistrate will hear your case.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The case remains open, according to magistrate court records.
    Jozsef Papp, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • With serious charges like these, an appearance in a magistrates’ court is a first step, and the case will now be referred to a higher court.
    Stephen Castle, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The indictment was received by the duty magistrate judge and placed under seal.
    Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The bright yellow gas boat that’s been docked in a ritzy Fort Lauderdale neighborhood for the past three years has got to go, a special magistrate ruled Tuesday.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Dearie proposed James Orenstein, a retired magistrate, to help with the review.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The presiding judge had sworn an oath of obedience to the marshal as head of state in 1941, as had every magistrate in France except one.
    Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The probable cause magistrate judge set Towne's bond at $15 million.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • For one, there was already a federal magistrate judge assigned to this case.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2022
  • In 2019, a federal magistrate judge signed the search warrant, finding Sgt.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Judges and magistrates Judges administer justice in a court of law.
    Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Two magistrates have been named to lead the investigation, Prache said.
    Time, 29 June 2023
  • Wilman Terán, the head of the country’s Judiciary Council and a former magistrate in the country’s top court, was also charged.
    Annie Correal, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Two magistrates have been named to lead the investigation, Mr. Prache said.
    Sylvie Corbet and Alex Turnbull, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
  • Police obtained a warrant from a magistrate ordering Whyte to comply, and a nurse drew his blood at 1:30 a.m.
    Raul Trey Lopez, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Both sides agreed to early settlement talks and asked the case to be assigned to a federal magistrate judge, according to the filing.
    Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The Parma Heights resident, 70, was yelling, swearing and pointing his finger at the magistrate.
    John Benson, cleveland, 23 Nov. 2022

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