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magistrate

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magistrate
—magistrateship, n.
/maj"euh strayt', -strit/, n.
1. a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
2. a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the judge of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes.
[1350-1400; ME magistrat < L magistratus magistracy, magistrate, equiv. to magist(e)r MASTER + -atus -ATE3]

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