magistrate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmædʒɪstɹeɪt/, /ˈmædʒɪstɹət/
magistrate (plural magistrates)
- (legal) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court may have jurisdiction in civil or criminal cases, or both.
- (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
- (historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
- (Quebec) A master's degree.
- (judicial officer) justiciary
- (master's degree) See master's degree
- French: magistrat
- Italian: magistrato
- Portuguese: magistrado
- Russian: (мирово́й) судья́
- Spanish: magistrado, togado
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