How to Use magistrate in a Sentence

magistrate

noun
Definition of magistratenext
Synonyms for magistratenext
  • One of the magistrate's concerns was the safety of the teen.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 June 2022
  • Trump's team left the room first, after the magistrate.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 13 June 2023
  • The letter was addressed to the mayor of Rome, the City Council and city magistrates.
    — Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 6 July 2023
  • The magistrate entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Of the eight district and magistrate judges in the Southern District, all are white, and seven are men.
    — The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Nell just wants to evade capture long enough to find an honest magistrate to clear her name.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Then, the magistrate used a mechanism to reveal the marbles one by one.
    — Ariel Procaccia, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
    — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The magistrate told my tenant and me to sit in the hearing room alone for a couple of minutes to reach a settlement.
    — Bert Stratton, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • In medieval times, one might be sent on a pilgrimage by a magistrate as a sentence for a crime.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • At that point, the magistrate would determine if Spacey could be released on bail to await a trial.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 13 June 2022
  • The notice would have given her the option to have a hearing before a clerk magistrate.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Happy Fourth of July from the nine unelected magistrates of the Supreme Court!
    — Alexandra Petri, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • The magistrate, who entered a not guilty plea on her behalf, set a pretrial date of Aug. 15.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023
  • The identity of the suspect and the charges against him will be released after he has been seen by a magistrate, police said.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2024
  • His next hearing is before a D.C. magistrate judge on March 22 via Zoom.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Bartow pleaded not guilty and the case went to trial before a magistrate judge.
    — Denise Lavoie, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
  • Kelly appeared briefly in court in the town of Carnarvon where a magistrate refused to release him on bail.
    — Fox News, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Soon, Philipp was promoted to serve as the magistrate of a town nearby, and the Grimms moved into a stately home staffed with maids, a cook, and a coachman.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The judge or magistrate hearing the case would still have discretion on whether to accept the defense and allow tenants to stay in place.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Fines, fees and costs accrued in West Virginia magistrate courts can now be paid online.
    — Fox News, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The federal magistrate judge who gave the go ahead for the raid only issued the warrant to seize the business’s property.
    — Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The magistrate has declined a request to grant an exemption in the hearing.
    — Eric Cheung and Cnn Staff, CNN, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Here's what happens at your hearing A district court judge or magistrate will hear your case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
  • They were not informed, said Pawar, when the police filed a charge sheet against them, or when hearings in their case were held at a magistrate’s court in their absence.
    — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The case remains open, according to magistrate court records.
    — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • With serious charges like these, an appearance in a magistrates’ court is a first step, and the case will now be referred to a higher court.
    — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Being a traffic magistrate has also helped me in that vein.
    — Samuel Ford Stark, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • Haider enlisted the help of the third suspect to supply photos and video of the building in December 2022, the man testified to the magistrate.
    — Renee Maltezou, Cassell Bryan-Low, Yannis Souliotis and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Jolly has served as a court officer and law clerk in 16th District Court and later became Livonia's magistrate for 7 years.
    — Staff, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024

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