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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In France, trials for crimes punishable by up to fifteen to twenty years in prison are judged by a jury of professional magistrates.
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Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
The family of Taylor Lowery obtained the footage after a federal magistrate judge ordered the city to relinquish it as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed in August.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
The Doge was also, in medieval times, the chief magistrate of city-states such as Venice and Genoa, and acted as a judge to decide questions brought before a court of justice.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The magistrate also found Matthew Edmonson would make the boys clean themselves with cold water, even though hot water was readily available, as punishment for bathroom accidents.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
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Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025
The family of Taylor Lowery obtained the footage after a federal magistrate judge ordered the city to relinquish it as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed in August.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2025
The Doge was also, in medieval times, the chief magistrate of city-states such as Venice and Genoa, and acted as a judge to decide questions brought before a court of justice.
—Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
The magistrate also found Matthew Edmonson would make the boys clean themselves with cold water, even though hot water was readily available, as punishment for bathroom accidents.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Magistrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magistrate. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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