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The magistrate judge's seat is not a separate court; the authority that a magistrate judge exercises is the jurisdiction of the district court itself, delegated to the magistrate judge by the district judges of the court under governing statutory authority, local rules of court, or court orders. Rather than fixing the duties of magistrate ...
The power to take fees was removed from all justices in the city. Six constables were appointed to each office, with powers of arrest. This was the origin of the modern stipendiary magistrate (district judge). [19] [20] Robert Henry Bullock-Marsham, stipendiary magistrate sitting at Bow Street, 1905
In Georgia, each county has a chief magistrate, elected by the voters of the county, who has the authority to hold preliminary hearings in criminal cases, conduct bench trials for certain misdemeanor offenses, including deposit account fraud (bad checks), grant bail (except as to very serious felony charges), and preside over a small claims court for cases where the amount in controversy does ...
The position of stipendiary magistrate in New Zealand was renamed in 1980 to that of district court judge. The position was often known simply as "magistrate" or with the postnominal initials "SM" in newspapers' court reports. In the late 1990s, a position of community magistrate was created for District Courts on a trial basis. A community ...
Embry Jerode Kidd (born 1983) [1] is an American lawyer who has served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida since 2019. He is a designate to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Magistrates' court (England and Wales) Magistrates' court (Hong Kong) District Court (Ireland), the main court of summary jurisdiction in Ireland Magistrate's courts of Israel
The senior district judge is responsible for leadership of the 300 district judges sitting in magistrates' courts in England and Wales. The senior district judge holds the title chief magistrate, but has no responsibility for justices of the peace. The chief magistrate is also responsible for hearing the most sensitive or complex cases. [17]
C. James G. Carr; Silvia Carreño-Coll; Joel M. Carson III; Andrew L. Carter Jr. Robin J. Cauthron; Dennis M. Cavanaugh; Richard F. Cebull; Claire C. Cecchi