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Nomarch

The chief magistrate of a nome or nomarchy

Landamman

A chief magistrate in some of the Swiss cantons

VerbarGerontes

Magistrates in Sparta who with the ephori and kings constituted the supreme civil authority

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Doge

The chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa

Demiurge

The chief magistrate in some of the Greek states

Corregidor

The chief magistrate of a Spanish town

Cadi

An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans usually the judge of a town or village

Burgomaster

A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland Flanders and Germany corresponding to mayor in England and the United States

Cognizance

Kumar Mishra v. State of Bihar, (2006) 1 SCC 557. The word 'cognizance' indicates the point when a Magistrate or a Judge first takes judicial notice of an offence. It is entirely a different thing from initiation

Investigation

that Code for the collection of evidence conducted by the police officer or other persons other than a Magistrate in this behalf. Under the Code 'investigation consists generally of the following steps: (i) proceeding to the spot;

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