magistrate\'s

 [maj-uh-streyt, -strit]  

mag·is·trate

   [maj-uh-streyt, -strit]
noun
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English magistrat < Latin magistrātus magistracy, magistrate, equivalent to magist(e)r master + -ātus -ate3

Related forms
mag·is·trate·ship, noun

Can be confused: magisterial, magistrate, majestic.
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