Definition of Magistrete
Mag"is*trate (?), n. [L.
magistratus, fr. magister master: cf. F.
magistrat. See Master.] A person clothed with
power as a public civil officer; a public civil officer invested with
the executive government, or some branch of it. "All Christian
rulers and magistrates." Book of Com. Prayer.
Of magistrates some also are supreme, in whom
the sovereign power of the state resides; others are
subordinate. Blackstone.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (law) 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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