Associations to the word «Magistrate»

Wiktionary

MAGISTRATE, noun. (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.
MAGISTRATE, noun. (Quebec) A master's degree

Dictionary definition

MAGISTRATE, noun. A lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats