magistrate

magistrate
A judge or justice of an inferior court; a mayor; a justice of the peace. A judge of court, such as a police court, mayor's court, or justice's court, the jurisdiction of which is restricted to the trial of misdemeanors and the conducting of preliminary hearings upon charges of more serious offenses. In a broader sense, a magistrate is a public civil officer invested with some part of the legislative, executive, or judicial power given by the Constitution. The President of the United States is the chief magistrate of the nation; the governors are the chief magistrates in their respective states. Childers v State, 30 Tex App 160, 195, 16 SW 903. For the purposes of extradition, any person regarded as a magistrate under the law of the state where the alleged crime was committed. 31 Am J2d Extrad § 39. See committing magistrate; preliminary hearing.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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