Canadian English Meaning of magistrates
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Definitions and Meaning of magistrates in English
magistrates
a civil or judicial official vested with limited judicial powers, a local judiciary official having limited original jurisdiction (see jurisdiction sense 1) especially in criminal cases, a municipal, state, or federal judicial officer commonly authorized to issue warrants, hear minor cases, and conduct preliminary or pretrial hearings, a local official exercising administrative and often judicial functions, a local official with some judicial power, an official entrusted with administration of the laws, an official (as a judge) authorized to perform the role or function of a magistrate, a chief officer of government (as over a nation), a principal official exercising governmental powers over a major political unit (such as a nation)
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magistrates
a civil or judicial official vested with limited judicial powers, a local judiciary official having limited original jurisdiction (see jurisdiction sense 1) esp
courts,judges,adjudicators,benches,jurists,Justices,auditors,beaks,chief justices,circuit judges
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magics => Magic, magicians => Magicians, magic bullets => magic bullets, Magians => Magi, maggots => maggots,
