magistrate
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A welcome exception came last Thursday when federal magistrate judge Rukhsanah Singh disqualified Beasley Allen from representing plaintiffs in the multidistrict litigation against Johnson & Johnson claiming injuries from talcum powder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
"A medical board will examine you, and a district magistrate will decide who you are. It's invasive -- and strikes at dignity and autonomy."
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
A magistrate in the Sri Lankan city of Galle ordered that the 84 bodies should be released to the Iranian embassy.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Around the time Themistocles became a chief magistrate in 493, a developing concept was isonomia: equality before the law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
The magistrate was said to have the ear of the emperor's most trusted advisor, and his own son was king of a neighboring city.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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