Magistrate
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magistrate-205-13963677
title:
Magistrate
text:
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a magistratus was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judicial and executive powers. In other parts of the world, such as China, magistrate is a word applied to a person responsible for administration over a particular geographic area. Today, in some jurisdictions, a magistrate is a judicial officer who hears cases in
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Officer of the state, usually judge
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magistrate
date created:
2003-08-29T01:41:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T14:20:17Z
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