Magistrate

Definitions

1. 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.
2. A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
   historical
3. A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
   broadly
4. A master's degree.
   Quebec

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Like⟳ other civil servants, Ashok Kumar started his career as an Assistant Collector cum Sub-divisional Magistrate.”

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