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magistrate
(mass) | magistrate
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magistrate
(encz) | magistrate,soudce n: Zdeněk Brož |
Magistrate
(gcide) | Magistrate \Mag"is*trate\, n. [L. magistratus, fr. magister
master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master.]
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a
public civil officer invested with the executive government,
or some branch of it. "All Christian rulers and magistrates."
--Book of Com. Prayer.
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Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the
sovereign power of the state resides; others are
subordinate. --Blackstone.
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magistrate
(wn) | magistrate
n 1: a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law
(especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor
offenses) |
MAGISTRATE
(bouvier) | MAGISTRATE, mun. law. A public civil officer, invested with some part of the
legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the constitution. In a
narrower sense this term includes only inferior judicial officers, as
justices of the peace.
2. The president of the United States is the chief magistrate of this
nation; the governors are the chief magistrates of their respective states.
3. It is the duty of all magistrates to exercise the power, vested in
them for the good of the people, according to law, and with zeal and
fidelity. A neglect on the part of a magistrate to exercise the functions of
his office, when required by law, is a misdemeanor. Vide 15 Vin. Ab. 144;
Ayl. Pand. tit. 22; Dig. 30, 16, 57; Merl. Rep. h.t.; 13 Pick. R. 523.
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magistrate
(mass) | magistrate
- sudca |
magistrate
(encz) | magistrate,soudce n: Zdeněk Brož |
magistrates
(encz) | magistrates,soudci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
stipendiary magistrate
(encz) | stipendiary magistrate, n: |
Magistrate
(gcide) | Magistrate \Mag"is*trate\, n. [L. magistratus, fr. magister
master: cf. F. magistrat. See Master.]
A person clothed with power as a public civil officer; a
public civil officer invested with the executive government,
or some branch of it. "All Christian rulers and magistrates."
--Book of Com. Prayer.
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Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom the
sovereign power of the state resides; others are
subordinate. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster] Magistratic |
Police magistrate
(gcide) | Police \Po*lice"\, n. [F., fr. L. politia the condition of a
state, government, administration, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be a
citizen, to govern or administer a state, fr. ? citizen, fr.
? city; akin to Skr. pur, puri. Cf. Policy polity,
Polity.]
1. A judicial and executive system, for the government of a
city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights,
order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement
of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of
the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or
borough.
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2. That which concerns the order of the community; the
internal regulation of a state.
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3. The organized body of civil officers in a city, town, or
district, whose particular duties are the preservation of
good order, the prevention and detection of crime, and the
enforcement of the laws.
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4. (Mil.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to
preserve civil order and attend to sanitary arrangements
in a camp or garrison.
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5. The cleaning of a camp or garrison, or the state ? a camp
as to cleanliness.
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Police commissioner, a civil officer, usually one of a
board, commissioned to regulate and control the
appointment, duties, and discipline of the police.
Police constable, or Police officer, a policeman.
Police court, a minor court to try persons brought before
it by the police.
Police inspector, an officer of police ranking next below a
superintendent.
Police jury, a body of officers who collectively exercise
jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes,
etc.; -- so called in Louisiana. --Bouvier.
Police justice, or Police magistrate, a judge of a police
court.
Police offenses (Law), minor offenses against the order of
the community, of which a police court may have final
jurisdiction.
Police station, the headquarters of the police, or of a
section of them; the place where the police assemble for
orders, and to which they take arrested persons.
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Unmagistrate
(gcide) | Unmagistrate \Un*mag"is*trate\, v. t. [1st pref. un- +
magistrate.]
To divest of the office or authority of a magistrate. [Obs.]
--Milton.
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magistrate
(wn) | magistrate
n 1: a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law
(especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor
offenses) |
stipendiary magistrate
(wn) | stipendiary magistrate
n 1: (United Kingdom) a paid magistrate (appointed by the Home
Secretary) dealing with police cases [syn: stipendiary,
stipendiary magistrate] |
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