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magistrate

[maj-uh-streyt, -strit] / ˈmædʒ əˌstreɪt, -strɪt /
NOUN
civil officer
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Spence admitted the offence and at a hearing last week magistrate Richard Deacon sentenced him to a £146 fine and ordered him to pay £120 in costs.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

The chief magistrate, Judge Paul Goldspring, told the defendants to appear at Southwark Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing in June.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

A magistrate judge ordered a $25,000 bond for Wang, and she was ordered to surrender her passport and travel documents.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 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

When the war was over, while Colonel Aureliano Buendía was sneaking about through the narrow trails of permanent subversion, General Moncada was named magistrate of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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