- an official who acts as a judge in the lowest courts of law synonym Justice of the Peace
- to come up before the magistrates
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1, Jobsc1- A magistrate ordered that they return to the UK.
- He is due to appear before magistrates on a charge of assault.
- She was granted bail by Liverpool magistrates.
- The prosecutor submits a dossier to an examining magistrate.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- examining
- investigating
- licensing
- …
- appoint somebody
- appoint somebody as
- appear before
- …
- hear something
- decide something
- rule something
- …
- judge
- magistrates’ court
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin magistratus ‘administrator’, from magister ‘master’.
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