magistrate
- IPA[ˈmadʒɪstreɪt]
英式
- a civil officer who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offences and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones.
noun: magistrate, plural noun: magistrates
- 相關詞
- a layperson appointed to hear minor criminal cases in a District Court: he is to reappear before a community magistrate in November
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- (in the UK) a stipendiary magistrate who sits in petty sessional courts in London.
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- a local law official who gives legal advice to members of the public: speak to the chamber magistrate about formulating a claim
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- (in England and Wales) a court presided over by a magistrate or magistrates that deals with ... the case got as far as the magistrates' court Westminster Magistrates' Court
Oxford American Dictionary
- (in England and Wales) a court presided over by a magistrate or magistrates that deals with ... the case got as far as the magistrates' court Westminster Magistrates' Court
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- IPA[ˈmajəˌstrāt]
美式
- a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that ...
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