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magistrate

[maj-uh-streyt, -strit] / ˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, -strɪt /
NOUN
civil officer
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Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn in Manhattan federal court on Friday and was ordered detained pending trial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Last week Magistrate Judge Maritza D. Braswell of the District of Colorado reached the same conclusion in Morgan v.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Magistrate Jane Haynes sentenced the footballer to a £660 fine, with an order to pay £120 in costs and a £264 victim surcharge.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Cesena Camacho appeared in court March 3 before Magistrate Judge Jill L. Burkhardt, who ordered him held without bail citing flight risk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

"I don't know, Magistrate," the emissary said, "but tkere was one soldier wko almost caugkt it and was closest to it. Perkaps ke was able to read the line."

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin




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