OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27584

magistrate

/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪˌstɹeɪt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
magistrado • togado
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.
In any case, however, I saw that part of her injuries might easily have been redressed, and I urged her often and earnestly to lay her complaint before a magistrate.
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