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  2. Magistrate - Wikipedia

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    Magistrate, or chief magistrate, is also a common translation of the Chinese xianzhang (县长/縣長 literally: county leader) the political head of a county or xiàn/hsien (县/縣) which ranks in the third level of the administrative hierarchy of China.

  3. Magistrates' court - Wikipedia

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    A magistrates' court is a lower court where, in several jurisdictions, all criminal proceedings start. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings. Also some civil matters may be dealt with here, such as family proceedings.

  4. Magistrate (England and Wales) - Wikipedia

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    Magistrates have been perceived as middle-class, middle-aged and middle-minded and this has some foundation in fact. [81] The Judiciary in the Magistrates' Court (2000) report found that magistrates were overwhelmingly from professional and managerial backgrounds and 40 per cent of them were retired from full-time employment. [81]

  5. United States magistrate judge - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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    Magistrate court is a court of limited jurisdiction in which claims of $15,000 or below can be filed. Residents do not have to have an attorney for Magistrate Court.

  7. Judicial officer - Wikipedia

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    Judicial officers are typically categorized as judges, magistrates, puisne judicial officers such as justices of the peace or officers of courts of limited jurisdiction; and notaries public and commissioners of oaths. The powers of judicial officers vary and are usually limited to a certain jurisdiction.

  8. Chief magistrate - Wikipedia

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    Chief magistrate is a public official, executive or judicial, whose office is the highest in its class. Historically, the two different meanings of magistrate have often overlapped and refer to, as the case may be, to a major political and administrative officer (usually at a subnational or colonial level) or a judge and barrister .

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