magistrate definition

magistrate

Local judicial officer, sitting in a magistrate's court. Though magistrates may or may not have any formal legal qualification, they generally can hear criminal and some civil cases and commit offenders for trial by a judge and jury. Their decisions (unlike those of the judges) do not set precedents for other courts to follow.

magistrate is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.

magistrate appears in the definitions of the following terms: officer of the court, court, deposition, judicial officer, hearing and Justice of the peace (JP)

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