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ma‧gis‧trate/ˈmædʒəstreɪt, ˈmædʒɪstreɪt, -strət/ noun [COUNTABLE]
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : magistratus, from magister 'master']
someone, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes SYN Justice of the Peace

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Magistrates' Court
stipendiary magistrate
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
examining
▪ The process passes into its second stage when the prosecutor submits his dossier to an examining magistrate.
▪ The examining magistrate will decide to send the case to trial, except when proof of innocence is clear.
▪ Before an examining magistrate the accused is entitled to legal representation.
▪ Then the examining magistrate changed his mind, released Mr Laroche and charged Mrs Villemin with killing her own son.
▪ Then the original examining magistrate was dismissed from the case for making such a muddle of it.
▪ All serious offences had to be investigated by an examining magistrate.
▪ But in practice the pretrial process was often conducted not by an examining magistrate but by the prosecutor or the police.
▪ Mrs Villemin had no difficulty in seeing off her first examining magistrate.
local
▪ The local magistrate might not believe in the frayed elastic, either, if the McReady family were pillars of the kirk.
▪ For most people their only experience of the law in action is likely to be the local magistrates court.
stipendiary
▪ At the hearing of the information, the stipendiary magistrate dismissed the charge.
▪ Solicitors and barristers may be appointed as Recorders or stipendiary magistrates.
▪ A family bench may include a stipendiary magistrate in which case he must preside.
NOUN
court
▪ The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court.
▪ For most people their only experience of the law in action is likely to be the local magistrates court.
▪ Court closed: Whitby's main magistrates court closes next week for repairs.
▪ They had been quashed by Bow Street magistrates court earlier this year on the grounds of delay.
▪ To start that procedure, the authority applies to a magistrates court for a summons.
▪ The hearing at Coleford magistrates court was adjourned for three weeks.
teesside
▪ Yesterday the two appeared for sentencing and Simon Catterall, prosecuting, asked Teesside magistrates to confiscate their pet terriers.
▪ Anthony Ganguly continued the deception when he appeared before Teesside magistrates and was placed on probation.
▪ A 24-year-old man has appeared before Teesside magistrates charged with the girl's murder.
▪ Donald Murphy was remanded in custody on an assault charge by Teesside magistrates last Friday.
▪ Goth appeared before Teesside magistrates on Monday on a charge of grievous bodily harm with intent and was bailed.
▪ He appeared before Teesside magistrates on Thursday after spending a night in a police cell.
▪ But the case was adjourned. Teesside magistrates also lifted reporting restrictions in the case.
town
▪ Telford, of Wheatley, Doncaster, was conditionally discharged by town magistrates after admitting threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.
VERB
admit
▪ He was conditionally discharged by Newcastle magistrates in December after admitting assaulting railway worker John Beach.
appear
▪ He will appear before Tower Bridge magistrates on September 2.
▪ Paul Weddle, 25, of Gateshead, Wear, will appear before magistrates today with a 15-year-old youth.
▪ There were protracted delays in their trial until they appeared before a magistrate in Liverpool on February 9 last year.
▪ Anthony Ganguly continued the deception when he appeared before Teesside magistrates and was placed on probation.
▪ A local man who has been charged with grievous bodily harm will face further questioning today before he appears before magistrates.
▪ In September he appeared before Milton Keynes magistrates, but they deferred sentence.
▪ The two accused men are due to appear before Chelmsford magistrates today.
▪ Police said a 17-year-old white schoolboy will appear before magistrates in the Western Transvaal town of Swartruggens in connection with the attack.
apply
▪ Detectives are applying to magistrates for permission to hold them for a further 24 hours.
▪ She could apply to the magistrates or the High Court for an order in her favour.
▪ The new family code will be applied by magistrates and judges especially trained in family law.
▪ To start that procedure, the authority applies to a magistrates court for a summons.
▪ If they still do not pay, the council can apply to the magistrates court for a summons to be served.
bring
▪ They brought her before a magistrate the first thing in the morning.
charge
▪ He'd been released on bail by Cheltenham magistrates after being charged with raping a twenty year old woman.
deal
▪ There are also various other matters that are dealt with by the magistrates.
decide
▪ The examining magistrate will decide to send the case to trial, except when proof of innocence is clear.
▪ A magistrate will decide whether Pavarotti should face trial.
grant
▪ Read in studio A man accused of murder has been granted bail by magistrates.
▪ He wants prosecutors to be given powers to appeal where bail has been granted by magistrates contrary to police wishes.
▪ He was granted bail by magistrates on his committal for trial.
hear
▪ He faces a hearing before a magistrate on Friday.
▪ Mr Vilaseca's case is due to be heard by Preston magistrates on December 15.
▪ They face an extradition hearing before a federal magistrate in San Diego on June 19.
▪ The case is being heard at Oxford magistrates.
investigate
▪ They feel he should give evidence to the investigating magistrates and make his position clear in an address to the nation.
▪ All serious offences had to be investigated by an examining magistrate.
▪ Prostitutesare not forthcoming with the police or investigating magistrates.
tell
▪ He told the magistrates the licence was for a car which had not been on the road for nine months.
▪ He will not tell the magistrate where he lives.
▪ He told magistrates at Cheltenham that he never retaliated if he sensed trouble in his work.
▪ James told magistrates that he had been using speed for about five years and injected himself three or four times a month.
▪ It told magistrates it had a duty to ensure shops complied with the law.
▪ Voice over Mrs Frak was sacked after the incident and was told by magistrates she could now face prison.
▪ He told magistrates he is using his car to search for new shops to relaunch his business career.
▪ Crowther told Darlington magistrates he had been drinking before a football match several hours before he was stopped by police.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Exclaiming that he was already a priest, Quirnus insisted that the magistrate put him to death.
▪ He was granted bail by magistrates on his committal for trial.
▪ In a hearing Wednesday afternoon before a federal magistrate, he waived his right to an attorney.
▪ In addition to his duties as medical officer to the workhouse he was a magistrate and the coroner for the Borough of Bedford.
▪ Jackson and Medina made a brief appearance before a federal magistrate Tuesday on the extortion charge.
▪ Oxford police recently reported their concern to the city's magistrates and their determination to crack down.
▪ The Customs officer, policeman, and magistrate began to nod, at first uncertain, reluctant, then with growing accord.
▪ The girl told the magistrates she stole to get money to pay for cigarettes.