magistrate
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He was arrested in Turkey and sent to the U.S., where he appeared before a federal magistrate and will stand trial.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The magistrate determined that he should be transferred to the Colombo prison hospital.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The chief magistrate granted the request but said it may be better for Mountbatten-Windsor to give evidence from a location that was not a court.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
In court documents tied to a different case, in October 2025, a magistrate judge mentioned “an unrelated white-collar investigation involving the Governor of Puerto Rico.”
From Salon • May 6, 2026
“My papa...got conscripted. Our village’s old magistrate lied to the conscription officers. We just found out about it, and I came here to ask the tsar to send him back from Rûm.”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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